About the Authors

Muhammad Kamruzzaman

Affiliation Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, The University of Sydney, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia

Shereen Shoma

Affiliation Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, The University of Sydney, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia

Christopher M. Thomas

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Infection, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Sally R. Partridge

Affiliations Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, The University of Sydney, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia

Jonathan R. Iredell

jonathan.iredell@sydney.edu.au

Affiliations Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, The University of Sydney, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: MK JRI. Formal analysis: MK JRI. Funding acquisition: JRI MK SRP. Investigation: MK SS. Methodology: MK SS. Project administration: JI MK. Supervision: JRI. Validation: MK SS. Writing – original draft: MK JRI SRP CMT. Writing – review & editing: JRI MK SRP CMT.