About the Authors

Penelope A. Bryant

Affiliations Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, Infection, Immunity and Environment Theme, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia, Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of General Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

Gordon K. Smyth

Affiliations Bioinformatics Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Roy Robins-Browne

Affiliations Infection, Immunity and Environment Theme, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Nigel Curtis

nigel.curtis@rch.org.au

Affiliations Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, Infection, Immunity and Environment Theme, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia, Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of General Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PAB GKS RRB NC. Performed the experiments: PAB. Analyzed the data: PAB GKS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GKS. Wrote the paper: PAB GKS RRB NC.