About the Authors
- Janet Raboud
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Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Altynay Shigayeva
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Affiliation Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Allison McGeer
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* E-mail: amcgeer@mtsinai.on.ca
Affiliations Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Erika Bontovics
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Affiliation Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Martin Chapman
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Affiliations Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Denise Gravel
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Affiliation Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Bonnie Henry
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Affiliation British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Stephen Lapinsky
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Affiliations Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Mark Loeb
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Affiliation Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- L. Clifford McDonald
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Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Marianna Ofner
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Affiliations Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Shirley Paton
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Affiliation Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Donna Reynolds
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Affiliation Durham Region Health Department, Whitby, Ontario, Canada
- Damon Scales
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Affiliations Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Sandy Shen
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Andrew Simor
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Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Thomas Stewart
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Affiliations Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Mary Vearncombe
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Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Dick Zoutman
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
- Karen Green
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Affiliation Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AM EB MC DG BH SEL MBL LCM MO SP DR DS SS AS TES MV DZ KAG. Performed the experiments: AS AM BH DR DS MV KAG. Analyzed the data: JR AS AM BH LCM SS KAG. Wrote the paper: JR AS AM EB BH SEL MO SP DR DS AS TES MV. Obtained funding: DZ.