About the Authors

Lit Yeen Tan

Affiliation SpeeDx Pty Ltd, Eveleigh, NSW, Australia

Samantha Michelle Walker

Affiliation SpeeDx Pty Ltd, Eveleigh, NSW, Australia

Tina Lonergan

Affiliation SpeeDx Pty Ltd, Eveleigh, NSW, Australia

Nicole Elizabeth Lima

Affiliation SpeeDx Pty Ltd, Eveleigh, NSW, Australia

Alison Velyian Todd

Affiliation SpeeDx Pty Ltd, Eveleigh, NSW, Australia

Elisa Mokany

elisam@speedx.com.au

Affiliation SpeeDx Pty Ltd, Eveleigh, NSW, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors EM, AT, LT, TL, SW and NL are employed by SpeeDx PTY LTD and have shares and/or options in the company. AT & EM are inventors on the PlexZyme™ patent families WO 2007/041774 and WO 2007/041774 and AT, EM, SW, TL and LT are inventors on the PlexPrime™ patent family WO 2013/123552. Biocartis NV sell a range of Idylla Tests and Assays which contain PlexZyme™ and PlexPrime™ technology under license from SpeeDx Pty Ltd. These interests do not alter our adherence toPLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: EM AT LT. Formal analysis: EM AT LT TL SW NL. Funding acquisition: AT EM. Investigation: EM LT TL SW NL. Methodology: EM AT LT TL SW NL. Project administration: EM AT LT. Software: LT SW EM. Supervision: EM AT LT. Validation: EM AT LT TL SW NL. Visualization: EM AT LT. Writing – original draft: EM AT LT. Writing – review & editing: EM AT LT.