About the Authors

Mary-Claire Roghmann

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

mroghmann@som.umaryland.edu

Affiliations Geriatrics Research Education and Clinical Center, VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Alison D. Lydecker

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Michelle Shardell

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Robert T. DeBoy

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

J. Kristie Johnson

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

LiCheng Zhao

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Lauren L. Hittle

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Emmanuel F. Mongodin

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.