About the Authors
- Tom G. Connell
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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
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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
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Affiliation Immigrant Health Service, Department of General Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Jim P. Buttery
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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
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* E-mail: 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
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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.