About the Authors

Kate E. Mounsey

kmounsey@usc.edu.au

Affiliations Inflammation & Healing Research Cluster, School of Health and Sport Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia, Infectious Diseases Division, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia

Hugh C. Murray

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Division, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia

Helle Bielefeldt-Ohmann

Affiliation School of Veterinary Sciences, University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, Australia

Cielo Pasay

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Division, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia

Deborah C. Holt

Affiliation Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Bart J. Currie

Affiliation Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Shelley F. Walton

Affiliation Inflammation & Healing Research Cluster, School of Health and Sport Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia

James S. McCarthy

Affiliations Infectious Diseases Division, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia, School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KEM JSM HBO DCH SFW BJC. Performed the experiments: KEM HCM CP HBO. Analyzed the data: KEM HCM HBO SFW JSM. Wrote the paper: KEM HCM JSM.