About the Authors
- Elizabeth M. Brown
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Affiliations Public Health Laboratories Toronto, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Lisa R. McTaggart
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* E-mail: lisa.mctaggart@oahpp.ca
Affiliation Public Health Laboratories Toronto, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Sean X. Zhang
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Division of Medical Microbiology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Donald E. Low
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Affiliations Public Health Laboratories Toronto, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- David A. Stevens
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, California, United States of America
- Susan E. Richardson
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Affiliations Public Health Laboratories Toronto, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Division of Microbiology, Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: EMB SER LRM SXZ DEL. Performed the experiments: EMB. Analyzed the data: EMB SER LRM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EMB SER LRM SXZ DEL DAS. Wrote the paper: EMB SER LRM SXZ DEL DAS.