About the Authors

Gonzalo G. Alvarez

galvarez@ohri.ca

Affiliations Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, The Ottawa Hospital, Department of Medicine, Divisions of Respirology and Infectious Diseases, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Deborah D. VanDyk

Affiliation Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Shawn D. Aaron

Affiliations Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, The Ottawa Hospital, Department of Medicine, Divisions of Respirology and Infectious Diseases, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

D. William Cameron

Affiliations Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, The Ottawa Hospital, Department of Medicine, Divisions of Respirology and Infectious Diseases, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Naomi Davies

Affiliation Government of Nunavut, Department of Health, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada

Natasha Stephen

Affiliation Government of Nunavut, Department of Health, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada

Ranjeeta Mallick

Affiliations Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Franco Momoli

Affiliations Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Center for Practice Changing Research, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Katherine Moreau

Affiliations University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Center for Practice Changing Research, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Natan Obed

Affiliation Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., Department of Social and Cultural Development, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada

Maureen Baikie

Affiliation Government of Nunavut, Department of Health, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada

Geraldine Osborne

Affiliation Government of Nunavut, Department of Health, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada

Competing Interests

There are no competing interests and financial interests by Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., along with any other relevant declarations relating to employment, consultancy, patents, products in development or marketed products, etc. The authors would like to confirm that this does not alter their adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GGA SDA DWC FM KM NO GO. Performed the experiments: DDV ND NS. Analyzed the data: GGA DDV SDA DWC RM FM KM. Wrote the paper: GGA DDV MB NO GO.