About the Authors
- Helen S. Cohen
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Affiliation Bobby R. Alford Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Christopher Cox
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Gayle Springer
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Howard J. Hoffman
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Affiliation Epidemiology and Statistics Program, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Mary A. Young
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D. C., United States of America
- Joseph B. Margolick
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Michael W. Plankey
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* E-mail: mwp23@georgetown.edu
Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D. C., United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HC CC GS HH MY JM MP. Performed the experiments: HC MY JM MP. Analyzed the data: HC CC GS HH MP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HC HH MY JM MP. Wrote the paper: HC CC GS HH MY JM MP.