About the Authors

Jennifer M. Radin

jennifer.radin@med.navy.mil

Affiliations Operational Infectious Diseases Department, Naval Health Research Center San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America, Joint Doctoral Program in Public Health (Epidemiology), San Diego State University/University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Anthony W. Hawksworth

Affiliation Operational Infectious Diseases Department, Naval Health Research Center San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Peter E. Kammerer

Affiliation Operational Infectious Diseases Department, Naval Health Research Center San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Melinda Balansay

Affiliation Operational Infectious Diseases Department, Naval Health Research Center San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Rema Raman

Affiliation Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Suzanne P. Lindsay

Affiliation Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Gary T. Brice

Affiliation Operational Infectious Diseases Department, Naval Health Research Center San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AWH JMR PEK MB SPL RR GTB. Performed the experiments: MB. Analyzed the data: JMR AWH RR SPL. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: JMR AWH PEK MB SPL RR GTB.