About the Authors

Eleanor R. Deardorff

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Kelly A. Fitzpatrick

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Greta V. S. Jerzak

Affiliation Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Slingerlands, New York, United States of America

Pei-Yong Shi

Affiliation Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Slingerlands, New York, United States of America

Laura D. Kramer

Affiliation Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Slingerlands, New York, United States of America

Gregory D. Ebel

GEbel@salud.unm.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ERD GDE. Performed the experiments: ERD. Analyzed the data: ERD GDE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KAF GVSJ PYS LDK. Wrote the paper: ERD GDE.