About the Authors

Damien R. Drew

Affiliations The Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health, Melbourne, Australia, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Australia

Anthony N. Hodder

Affiliation The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Australia

Danny W. Wilson

Affiliation The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Australia

Michael Foley

Affiliation La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia

Ivo Mueller

Affiliations The Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health, Melbourne, Australia, Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Goroka, Papua New Guinea

Peter M. Siba

Affiliation Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Goroka, Papua New Guinea

Arlene E. Dent

Affiliation Centre for Global Health and Diseases, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Alan F. Cowman

Affiliation The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Australia

James G. Beeson

beeson@burnet.edu.au

Affiliations The Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health, Melbourne, Australia, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Australia, Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DRD JGB ANH AFC. Performed the experiments: DRD ANH DWW. Analyzed the data: DRD JGB ANH AFC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DRD ANH DWW IM PS AED MF. Wrote the paper: DRD JGB.