About the Authors

Sophie La Vincente

sophie.lavincente@rch.org.au

Affiliations Centre for International Child Health, University of Melbourne and Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia, Master of Applied Epidemiology Program, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

Therese Kearns

Affiliation Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia

Christine Connors

Affiliation Northern Territory Department of Health and Families, Darwin, Australia

Scott Cameron

Affiliation Master of Applied Epidemiology Program, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

Jonathan Carapetis

Affiliation Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia

Ross Andrews

Affiliation Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SFLV TK CC SC JC RA. Performed the experiments: SFLV TK. Analyzed the data: SFLV TK RA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SFLV. Wrote the paper: SFLV TK CC SC JC RA. Academic supervision of the first author: SC RA.