About the Authors
- Brendan J. McMullan
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Contributed equally to this work with: Brendan J. McMullan, Catriona Halliday
* E-mail: brendanoch@yahoo.co.uk
Affiliations Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia, Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
- Catriona Halliday
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Contributed equally to this work with: Brendan J. McMullan, Catriona Halliday
Affiliation Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
- Tania C. Sorrell
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Affiliations Sydney Emerging Infections and Biosecurity Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
- David Judd
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Affiliation Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
- Sue Sleiman
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Affiliation Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
- Debbie Marriott
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Tom Olma
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Affiliation Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
- Sharon C-A. Chen
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Affiliations Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia, Sydney Emerging Infections and Biosecurity Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
Competing Interests
The authors would like to declare the following funding-related matter: they received the first 500 LFA kits free-of-charge from ABACUS, ALS Australia. The authors declare no other commercial funding or association, including consultancy, patents or products. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: BJM CH TCS DJ SS DM TO SCAC. Performed the experiments: BJM CH DJ SS. Analyzed the data: BJM CH TCS SCAC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TO CH SCAC. Wrote the paper: BJM CH TCS SCAC.