About the Authors

Michael Marks

michael.marks@lshtm.ac.uk

Affiliations Clinical Research Department, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, University College London Hospitals NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom

Betty Taotao-Wini

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, National Referral Hospital, Ministry of Health and Medical Services, Honiara, Solomon Islands

Lorraine Satorara

Affiliation National Health Training Research Institute, Ministry of Health and Medical Services, Honiara, Solomon Islands

Daniel Engelman

Affiliations Centre for International Child Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of General Medicine, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Group A Streptococcal Research Group, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Titus Nasi

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, National Referral Hospital, Ministry of Health and Medical Services, Honiara, Solomon Islands

David C. Mabey

Affiliations Clinical Research Department, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, University College London Hospitals NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom

Andrew C. Steer

Affiliations Centre for International Child Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of General Medicine, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Group A Streptococcal Research Group, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MM ACS DE TN DCM. Performed the experiments: MM BTW LS. Analyzed the data: MM ACS. Wrote the paper: MM BTW LS DE TN DCM ACS.