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Correspondence: Raymund Dantes, MD, MPH, Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, Mailstop A-31, Atlanta, GA 30333 (vic5@cdc.gov)
We acknowledge the following individuals for their contributions with implementation of surveillance and collection of data: Joelle Nadle, MPH, Erin Garcia, MPH, and Erin Parker, MPH (California Emerging Infections Program); Wendy Bamberg, MD and Helen Johnston, MPH (Colorado Emerging Infections Program); Carol Lyons, MPH (Connecticut Emerging Infections Program); Olivia Almendares, MPH, Leigh Ann Clark, MPH, Andrew Revis, MPH, and Zirka Thompson, MPH (Georgia Emerging Infections Program); Rebecca Perlmutter, MPH (Maryland Emerging Infections Program); Ruth Lynfield, MD (Minnesota Emerging Infections Program); Nathan Blacker (New Mexico Emerging Infections Program); Rebecca Tsay, MPH, Deborah Nelson, RN (New York Emerging Infections Program); Valerie Ocampo, RN, IMPH (Oregon Emerging Infections Program); Rebecca Roberts, MS (Respiratory Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], Atlanta, GA); and Robert Hunkler (IMS Health).
The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the CDC.
The interpretation and reporting of these data are the responsibility of the authors and in no way should be seen as an official policy of the US government.
Potential conflicts of interest. All authors: No reported conflicts.
All authors have submitted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest.
This work was supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Emerging Infections Program and the National Center for National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases.
Copyright Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2015. This work is written by (a) US Government employee(s) and is in the public domain in the US.