About the Authors

Laurens Manning

Affiliation School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Fremantle Hospital, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

Moses Laman

Affiliations School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Fremantle Hospital, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia, Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Madang, Papua New Guinea

Henry Edoni

Affiliation Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Madang, Papua New Guinea

Ivo Mueller

Affiliation Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Madang, Papua New Guinea

Harin A. Karunajeewa

Affiliation School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Fremantle Hospital, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

David Smith

Affiliation School of Biological, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences, and School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia

Ilomo Hwaiwhanje

Affiliation Pediatrics Division, Modilon General Hospital, Madang, Papua New Guinea

Peter M. Siba

Affiliation Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Madang, Papua New Guinea

Timothy M. E. Davis

tdavis@cyllene.uwa.edu.au

Affiliation School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Fremantle Hospital, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LM IM HAK IH PMS TMED. Performed the experiments: LM ML HE. Analyzed the data: LM ML IM DS TMED. Wrote the paper: LM ML IM HAK DS IH PMS TMED.