About the Authors
- Verlaine J. Timms
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Current address: Centre for Infectious Disease and Microbiology–Public Health, Level 3, ICPMR Westmead Hospital, Westmead, Sydney, Australia
Affiliation School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Level 3, Biosciences Building, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
- George Daskalopoulos
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Affiliation Inner West Endoscopy Centre, Endoscopy Services Pty. Ltd., Marrickville, Sydney, Australia
- Hazel M. Mitchell
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Affiliation School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Level 3, Biosciences Building, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
- Brett A. Neilan
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* E-mail: b.neilan@unsw.edu.au
Affiliation School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Level 3, Biosciences Building, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Competing Interests
VJT was employed part-time by Endoscopy Services Pty. Ltd. for five of the eight years of the study. GD was employed full time by Endoscopy Services Pty. Ltd., whose company partly funded this study. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. 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: VJT GD BAN. Performed the experiments: VJT. Analyzed the data: VJT GD HMM BAN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HMM BAN. Wrote the paper: VJT GD HMM BAN.