About the Authors

Stephen M. Petrie

Affiliation Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Teagan Guarnaccia

Affiliations Monash University, Churchill, Victoria, Australia, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Karen L. Laurie

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

Aeron C. Hurt

Affiliations Monash University, Churchill, Victoria, Australia, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Jodie McVernon

Affiliations Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Vaccine and Immunisation Research Group, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Childrens Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

James M. McCaw

jamesm@unimelb.edu.au

Affiliations Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Vaccine and Immunisation Research Group, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Childrens Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

Co-author JM is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SMP JM JMM. Performed the experiments: SMP. Analyzed the data: SMP JM JMM TG KLL ACH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TG KLL ACH. Wrote the paper: SMP JM JMM.