About the Authors

Kehmia Titanji

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipids, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Aswani Vunnava

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Anandi N. Sheth

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Cecile Delille

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jeffrey L. Lennox

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Sara E. Sanford

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Antonina Foster

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Andrea Knezevic

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Kirk A. Easley

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

M. Neale Weitzmann

Contributed equally to this work with: M. Neale Weitzmann, Ighovwerha Ofotokun

mweitzm@emory.edu (MNW); iofotok@emory.edu (IO)

Affiliations Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipids, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Atlanta VA Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Ighovwerha Ofotokun

Contributed equally to this work with: M. Neale Weitzmann, Ighovwerha Ofotokun

mweitzm@emory.edu (MNW); iofotok@emory.edu (IO)

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KT IO MNW. Performed the experiments: KT AV. Analyzed the data: KT AV AK KAE IO MNW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ANS CD JLL SES AF. Wrote the paper: KT AV ANS CD JLL SES AF AK KAE MNW IO.