About the Authors

Alan C-Y. Hsu

Alan.Hsu@uon.edu.au

Affiliation Centre for Asthma and Respiratory Disease, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Kristy Parsons

Affiliation Centre for Asthma and Respiratory Disease, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Ian Barr

Affiliation World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Sue Lowther

Affiliation The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) - Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Deborah Middleton

Affiliation The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) - Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Philip M. Hansbro

Affiliation Centre for Asthma and Respiratory Disease, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Peter A. B. Wark

Affiliations Centre for Asthma and Respiratory Disease, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AH PMH PAW. Performed the experiments: AH KP SL. Analyzed the data: AH PMH PAW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IB DM. Wrote the paper: AH PMH PAW.