About the Authors

Daniel S. Mason

Affiliation Centre for International Child Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Michael Marks

Affiliations Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London, United Kingdom

Oliver Sokana

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Honiara, Solomon Islands

Anthony W. Solomon

Affiliations Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London, United Kingdom, Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

David C. Mabey

Affiliations Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London, United Kingdom

Lucia Romani

Affiliation Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

John Kaldor

Affiliation Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Andrew C. Steer

Affiliations Centre for International Child Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, Group A Streptococcal Research Group, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia

Daniel Engelman

Daniel.Engelman@rch.org.au

Affiliations Centre for International Child Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, Group A Streptococcal Research Group, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DSM MM AWS ACS DE. Performed the experiments: DSM MM DE. Analyzed the data: DSM MM LR ACS DE. Wrote the paper: DSM MM OS AWS DCM LR JK ACS DE.