About the Authors

William M. Reichmann

wreichmann@partners.org

Affiliations Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Rochelle P. Walensky

Affiliations Center for AIDS Research, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of Infectious Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of General Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of Infectious Disease, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Amy Case

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Anna Novais

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Christian Arbelaez

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jeffrey N. Katz

Affiliations Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health; Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Elena Losina

Affiliations Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Center for AIDS Research, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WMR RPW EL. Performed the experiments: WMR RPW AC AN CA EL. Analyzed the data: WMR RPW CA JNK EL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WMR RPW AC AN CA JNK EL. Wrote the paper: WMR RPW AC AN CA JNK EL.