About the Authors

Nabanita Mukherjee

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, University of Memphis, Desoto Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Debra Bartelli

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, University of Memphis, Desoto Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Cyril Patra

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, University of Memphis, Desoto Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Bhavin V. Chauhan

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, University of Memphis, Desoto Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Scot E. Dowd

Affiliation Molecular Research LP (MR DNA), Shallowater, Texas, United States of America

Pratik Banerjee

pbnerjee@memphis.edu

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, University of Memphis, Desoto Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. SD is owner, general partner, and CEO of MR DNA Molecular Research LP. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: PB DB. Data curation: PB NM BC DB. Formal analysis: PB NM SD CP BC. Funding acquisition: PB DB. Investigation: PB NM. Methodology: PB NM SD BC. Project administration: PB. Resources: PB DB. Supervision: PB DB. Validation: NM SD. Visualization: PB NM SD. Writing – original draft: NM DB PB. Writing – review & editing: PB DB NM.