About the Authors

Joshua S. Davis

Contributed equally to this work with: Joshua S. Davis, Steven McGloughlin

Joshua.Davis@menzies.edu.au

Affiliations Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, Department of Infectious Diseases, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Steven McGloughlin

Contributed equally to this work with: Joshua S. Davis, Steven McGloughlin

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, Intensive Care Unit, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Steven Y. C. Tong

Affiliations Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, Department of Infectious Diseases, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Shelley F. Walton

Affiliations Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, Inflammation and Healing Research Cluster, Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia

Bart J. Currie

Affiliations Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, Department of Infectious Diseases, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JSD SM SYCT BJC. Performed the experiments: JSD SM. Analyzed the data: JSD SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SFW. Wrote the paper: JSD SM. Contributed to the final manuscript: JSD SM SYCT SFW BJC.