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, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea

Irwin Law

Current address: National Tuberculosis Programme, Vientiane, Laos

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

Cathy Bona

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

Susan Aipit

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

David Teine

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

Jonathan Warrell

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

Anna Rosanas-Urgell

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

Enmoore Lin

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

Benson Kiniboro

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

John Vince

Affiliation School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Papua New Guinea, Boroko, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

Ilomo Hwaiwhanje

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Goroka Base Hospital, Goroka, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea

Harin Karunajeewa

Current address: Western Health, Footscray, Victoria, Australia

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

Pascal Michon

Current address: Faculty of Health Sciences, Divine Word University, Madang, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea

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

Peter Siba

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

Ivo Mueller

Contributed equally to this work with: Ivo Mueller, Timothy M. E. Davis

Current address: Infection and Immunity Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Center de Recerca en Salut Internacional de Barcelona (CRESIB), Barcelona, Spain

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

Timothy M. E. Davis

Contributed equally to this work with: Ivo Mueller, 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: TD HK JV PS IM. Performed the experiments: LM ML IL CB SA DT JW AR-U EL BK PM IH. Analyzed the data: LM ML IM TD. Wrote the paper: LM TD IM.