About the Authors

Tom G. Connell

Contributed equally to this work with: Tom G. Connell, Nicole Ritz

Affiliations Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of General Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Nicole Ritz

Contributed equally to this work with: Tom G. Connell, Nicole Ritz

Affiliations Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of General Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Georgia A. Paxton

Affiliation Immigrant Health Service, Department of General Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Jim P. Buttery

Affiliations Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of General Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Nigel Curtis

nigel.curtis@rch.org.au

Affiliations Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of General Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Sarath C. Ranganathan

Affiliations Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Department of Thoracic Medicine Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SR TGC NC NR JPB. Performed the experiments: NR. Analyzed the data: SR TGC NC NR GAP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SR NC. Wrote the paper: SR TGC NC NR GAP JPB. Performed experiments with laboratory scientist: NR. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: TC. Enrolled patients: TC NR GP JB SR.