About the Authors
- Jeffrey C. Kwong
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* E-mail: jeff.kwong@utoronto.ca
Affiliations Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Canada, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Canada, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- Sujitha Ratnasingham
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Affiliation Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Canada
- Michael A. Campitelli
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Affiliation Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Canada
- Nick Daneman
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Affiliation Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Canada
- Shelley L. Deeks
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Affiliations Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Canada, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- Douglas G. Manuel
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Affiliations Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Canada, Ottawa Hospital Research Unit, Ottawa, Canada
- Vanessa G. Allen
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Affiliations Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Canada, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- Ahmed M. Bayoumi
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Affiliations Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Canada, Department of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Centre for Research on Inner City Health, The Keenan Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada
- Aamir Fazil
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Affiliation Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Canada
- David N. Fisman
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Affiliation Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- Andrea S. Gershon
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Affiliation Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Canada
- Effie Gournis
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Affiliations Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Toronto Public Health, Toronto, Canada
- E. Jenny Heathcote
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- Frances B. Jamieson
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Affiliations Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Canada, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- Prabhat Jha
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Affiliations Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Centre for Global Health Research, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada
- Kamran M. Khan
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Affiliations Department of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Centre for Research on Inner City Health, The Keenan Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada
- Shannon E. Majowicz
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Affiliations Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada, Department of Health Studies and Gerontology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
- Tony Mazzulli
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Affiliations Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Canada, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- Allison J. McGeer
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Affiliations Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- Matthew P. Muller
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- Abhishek Raut
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Affiliation Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- Elizabeth Rea
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Affiliations Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Toronto Public Health, Toronto, Canada
- Robert S. Remis
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Affiliation Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- Rita Shahin
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Affiliation Toronto Public Health, Toronto, Canada
- Alissa J. Wright
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
- Brandon Zagorski
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Affiliation Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Canada
- Natasha S. Crowcroft
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Affiliations Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Canada, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and the following authors wish to report these potential conflicts. DNF has previously received research funding and/or served as a consultant to Novartis, Sanofi-Pasteur, and GlaxoSmithKline on issues related to vaccination. AJM has received research honoraria from Gilead Biosciences, Hoffman-Laroche, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, Merck, Sanofi-Pasteur, and Wyeth. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The remaining authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JCK SR ND PJ DGM NSC. Performed the experiments: SR MAC BZ. Analyzed the data: SR MAC BZ. Wrote the paper: JCK MAC. Interpreted the data: JCK SR MAC ND SLD DGM VGA AMB AF DNF ASG EG EJH FBJ PJ KMK SEM TM AJM MPM AR ER RSR RS AJW BZ NSC. Critically revised the manuscript for important intellectual content and approved the final version for publication: JCK SR MAC ND SLD DGM VGA AMB AF DNF ASG EG EJH FBJ PJ KMK SEM TM AJM MPM AR ER RSR RS AJW BZ NSC. Obtained funding: NSC. Study supervision: JCK.