About the Authors

Vanja M. Dukic

Affiliation Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America

Diane S. Lauderdale

Affiliation Department of Health Studies, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Jocelyn Wilder

Affiliation Department of Health Studies, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Robert S. Daum

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Michael Z. David

mdavid@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

Affiliations Department of Health Studies, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DSL RSD MZD. Performed the experiments: VMD DSL JW RSD MZD. Analyzed the data: VMD DSL MZD. Wrote the paper: VMD DSL JW RSD MZD.