About the Authors

John D. Gillece

Contributed equally to this work with: John D. Gillece, James M. Schupp

Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Division, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

James M. Schupp

Contributed equally to this work with: John D. Gillece, James M. Schupp

jschupp@tgen.org

Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Division, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

S. Arunmozhi Balajee

Affiliation Mycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Julie Harris

Affiliation Mycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Talima Pearson

Affiliation Center for Microbial Genetics and Genomics, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

Yongpan Yan

Affiliation Center for Genetic Epidemiology and Prevention, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America

Paul Keim

Affiliation Center for Microbial Genetics and Genomics, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

Emilio DeBess

Affiliation Oregon State Department of Human Services, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Nicola Marsden-Haug

Affiliation Washington State Department of Health, Shoreline, Washington, United States of America

Ron Wohrle

Affiliation Washington State Department of Health, Tumwater, Washington, United States of America

David M. Engelthaler

Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Division, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

Shawn R. Lockhart

Affiliation Mycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JDG JMS DME SAB SRL. Performed the experiments: JDG SRL. Analyzed the data: JDG SRL SAB DME JMS PK TP YY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DME SRL SAB. Wrote the paper: JDG JMS SAB JH TP YY PK ED NM RW DME SRL.