About the Authors
- Caroline Marshall
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* E-mail: caroline.marshall@mh.org.au
Affiliation Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital and Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Michael Richards
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Affiliation Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital and Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Emma McBryde
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Affiliation Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital and Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Competing Interests
Becton Dickinson supplied the swabs for this study. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CM EM MR. Analyzed the data: EM CM. Wrote the paper: CM EM MR.