About the Authors

Nitika Pant Pai

nitika.pai@mcgill.ca

Affiliation Division of Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University Health Centre, Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Jigyasa Sharma

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Sushmita Shivkumar

Affiliation Division of Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University Health Centre, Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Sabrina Pillay

Affiliation Division of Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University Health Centre, Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Caroline Vadnais

Affiliation Division of Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University Health Centre, Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Lawrence Joseph

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Keertan Dheda

Affiliation Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology and UCT Lung Institute, Department of Medicine and Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Rosanna W. Peeling

Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Acquisition of data: JS SS SP NP. Conceived and designed the experiments: NP JS SS SP CV JL KD RP. Analyzed the data: NP JS SS SP CV JL KD RP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NP JS SS SP CV JL KD RP. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: NP JS SS SP CV JL KD RP. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: NP JS SS SP CV JL KD RP. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: NP JS SS SP CV JL KD RP. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: NP JS SS SP CV JL KD RP.