About the Authors
- James H. McMahon
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* E-mail: ja.mcmahon@alfred.org.au
Affiliations Infectious Diseases Unit, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Julian H. Elliott
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Affiliations Infectious Diseases Unit, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Steven Y. Hong
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Affiliations Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Silvia Bertagnolio
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Affiliation University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Michael R. Jordan
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Affiliations Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Performed the experiments: JHM MRJ. Devised the protocol to systematically review the literature: JHM JHE MRJ. Did the initial search of published work, reviewed full-text articles and conference abstracts and extracted data from the manuscripts and conference abstracts: JHM. Reviewed selected studies and independently abstracted data if there were any concerns about the initial data abstraction: MJ. Available as a third reviewer in case of conflicting results after data abstraction: JE. Wrote the first draft of the paper: JHM. Participated in interpreting the results and structuring the manuscript: SYH SB. All authors participated in writing the manuscript and all authors have seen and approved the final version of the manuscript. Conceived and designed the experiments: JHM MRJ. Wrote the paper: JHM SYH SB. Analyzed the data: JHM.