About the Authors
- Michelle Science
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Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Jonathon L. Maguire
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Affiliations Applied Health Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Paediatrics, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Margaret L. Russell
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Affiliation Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Marek Smieja
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Affiliations Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Stephen D. Walter
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Mark Loeb
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* E-mail: loebm@mcmaster.ca
Affiliations Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Michael G DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: M. Science SW M. Smieja ML. Wrote the paper: M. Science ML. Acquisition of data: ML MR Analysis and Interpretation of data: M. Science JM MR SW M. Smieja ML Drafted the manuscript: M. Science ML Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: M. Science JM MR SW M. Smieja ML. Approved the final version of the manuscript: M. Science JM MR M. Smieja SW ML.