About the Authors

Damian D. McLeod

Damian.McLeod@newcastle.edu.au

Affiliation University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia

Daniel J. Beard

Affiliation University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia

Mark W. Parsons

Affiliations University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia, Hunter New England Local Health District, New Lambton Heights, New South Wales, Australia

Christopher R. Levi

Affiliations University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia, Hunter New England Local Health District, New Lambton Heights, New South Wales, Australia

Mike B. Calford

Current address: Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute and University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

Affiliation University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia

Neil J. Spratt

Affiliations University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia, Hunter New England Local Health District, New Lambton Heights, New South Wales, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interest exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DDM MWP CRL MBC NJS. Performed the experiments: DDM DJB MWP CRL NJS. Analyzed the data: DDM DJB NJS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DDM DJB MWP CRL MBC NJS. Wrote the paper: DDM DJB MWP CRL MBC NJS.