About the Authors

Nuttada Panpradist

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Bhushan J. Toley

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Xiaohong Zhang

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Samantha Byrnes

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Joshua R. Buser

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Janet A. Englund

janet.englund@seattlechildrens.org (JAE); blutz@uw.edu (BRL)

Affiliations Program in Infectious Diseases, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Research Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Barry R. Lutz

janet.englund@seattlechildrens.org (JAE); blutz@uw.edu (BRL)

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

Janet Englund serves as a consultant for GlaxoSmithkline, and has received research support from Roche (both companies make diagnostic tests). This work was performed on a project that includes PATH, GE Global Research, and ElitechGroup North America Inc. Molecular Diagnostics (previously Epoch Biosciences); this does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NP BJT XZ SB JRB JAE BRL. Performed the experiments: NP BJT XZ SB JRB. Analyzed the data: NP BJT XZ SB JRB JAE BRL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NP BJT XZ SB JRB. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: NP BJT XZ SB JRB JAE BRL.