About the Authors

Kristine S. Alexander

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Neil A. Zakai

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Steven D. Lidofsky

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Peter W. Callas

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Suzanne E. Judd

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Russell P. Tracy

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry, Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Mary Cushman

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

mary.cushman@uvm.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.