About the Authors
- Catherina L. Chang
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Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand
- Graham D. Mills
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Affiliations Department of Respiratory Medicine, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand, Department of General Medicine, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand
- Noel C. Karalus
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Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand
- Lance C. Jennings
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Affiliations Canterbury Health Laboratories, Christchurch, New Zealand, Department of Pathology, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand
- Richard Laing
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Affiliation Canterbury Respiratory Services, Canterbury District Health Board, Christchurch, New Zealand
- David R. Murdoch
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Affiliations Canterbury Health Laboratories, Christchurch, New Zealand, Department of Pathology, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand
- Stephen T. Chambers
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand
- Dominic Vettise
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Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand
- Christine M. Tuffery
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Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand
- Robert J. Hancox
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* E-mail: bob.hancox@otago.ac.nz
Affiliations Department of Respiratory Medicine, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CLC GDM NCK RJH. Performed the experiments: CLC GDM NCK LCJ RL DRM STC DV CMT RJH. Analyzed the data: CLC DV RJH. Wrote the paper: CLC GDM NCK LCJ RL DRM STC DV CMT RJH.