About the Authors

Clara S. Lee

Affiliation Calgary Laboratory Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Daniel B. Gregson

Affiliations Calgary Laboratory Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Medicine, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Deirdre Church

Affiliations Calgary Laboratory Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Medicine, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Kevin B. Laupland

Affiliations Calgary Laboratory Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Rose Eckhardt

Affiliation Keenan Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Terry Ross

Affiliation Calgary Laboratory Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Wilson Chan

Affiliations Calgary Laboratory Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Medicine, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Dylan R. Pillai

drpillai@ucalgary.ca

Affiliations Calgary Laboratory Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Medicine, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DP CSL DG KBL WC DC. Performed the experiments: DP CSL RE TR. Analyzed the data: DP CSL DG KBL RE TR DC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DP CSL KBL DG. Wrote the paper: CSL DP DC DG.