About the Authors

James C. Barton

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

bartonjames336@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Southern Iron Disorders Center, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Brookwood Baptist Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

J. Clayborn Barton

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Southern Iron Disorders Center, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Luigi F. Bertoli

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Southern Iron Disorders Center, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Brookwood Baptist Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Ronald T. Acton

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Southern Iron Disorders Center, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.