About the Authors

Andrea R. McWhorter

Affiliation Microbiology and Immunology, School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, M502, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia

Lee M. Smith

Affiliation Microbiology and Immunology, School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, M502, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia

Laura L. Masters

Affiliation Microbiology and Immunology, School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, M502, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia

Baca Chan

Affiliation Microbiology and Immunology, School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, M502, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia

Geoffrey R. Shellam

Affiliation Microbiology and Immunology, School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, M502, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia

Alec J. Redwood

alec.redwood@uwa.edu.au

Affiliation Microbiology and Immunology, School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, M502, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ARM LMS AJR GRS. Performed the experiments: ARM LMS BC LLM AJR. Analyzed the data: ARM LMS AJR. Wrote the paper: ARM AJR.