About the Authors

Daniel M. Saman

dsaman@eirh.org

Affiliations Essentia Institute of Rural Health, Duluth, Minnesota, United States of America, Health Watch USA, Somerset, Kentucky, United States of America

Kevin T. Kavanagh

Affiliation Health Watch USA, Somerset, Kentucky, United States of America

Brian Johnson

Affiliation Essentia Institute of Rural Health, Duluth, Minnesota, United States of America

M. Nawal Lutfiyya

Affiliation Essentia Institute of Rural Health, Duluth, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DS BJ ML KK. Performed the experiments: DS BJ. Analyzed the data: DS BJ ML KK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BJ. Wrote the paper: DS KK.