About the Authors

Matthew C. Pitman

Current address: Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Department, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Tara Luck

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Department, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Catherine S. Marshall

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Department, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Nicholas M. Anstey

Affiliations Infectious Diseases Department, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Linda Ward

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

Bart J. Currie

bart.currie@menzies.edu.au

Affiliations Infectious Diseases Department, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BJC CSM NMA MCP TL. Performed the experiments: MCP TL. Analyzed the data: MCP TL LW BJC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LW. Wrote the paper: MCP TL CSM NMA LW BJC.