About the Authors

Edwin Hoe

Affiliation Pneumococcal Research, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia

Laura K. Boelsen

Affiliations Pneumococcal Research, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia, Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Zheng Quan Toh

Affiliation Pneumococcal Research, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia

Guang Wen Sun

Affiliation School of Applied Science, Republic Polytechnic, Singapore, Singapore

Ghee Chong Koo

Affiliation School of Applied Science, Republic Polytechnic, Singapore, Singapore

Anne Balloch

Affiliation Pneumococcal Research, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia

Rachel Marimla

Affiliation Pneumococcal Research, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia

Eileen M. Dunne

Affiliation Pneumococcal Research, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia

Lisi Tikoduadua

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Suva, Fiji

Fiona M. Russell

Affiliations Pneumococcal Research, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia, Centre for International Child Health, Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Catherine Satzke

Affiliations Pneumococcal Research, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia, Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, The Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Australia

E. Kim Mulholland

Affiliations Pneumococcal Research, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Paul V. Licciardi

paul.licciardi@mcri.edu.au

Affiliations Pneumococcal Research, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia, Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EH PVL ZQT. Performed the experiments: EH PVL ZQT GWS GCK LKB RM. Analyzed the data: EH PVL LKB GWS GCK FMR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EH PVL ZQT LKB EMD FMR CS EKM GWS GCK. Wrote the paper: EH PVL ZQT LKB AB RM EMD LT FMR CS EKM.