About the Authors

Peter McErlean

Affiliations Queensland Paediatric Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Centre, Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Clinical and Medical Virology Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Laura A. Shackelton

Affiliation Mueller Laboratory, Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Emily Andrews

Affiliations Queensland Paediatric Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Centre, Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Clinical and Medical Virology Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Dale R. Webster

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Biological and Medical Informatics Program, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Stephen B. Lambert

Affiliations Queensland Paediatric Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Centre, Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Clinical and Medical Virology Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Michael D. Nissen

Affiliations Queensland Paediatric Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Centre, Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Clinical and Medical Virology Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Division of Microbiology, Queensland Health Pathology Service, Royal Brisbane Hospitals Campus, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Royal Children's Hospitals, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Theo P. Sloots

Affiliations Queensland Paediatric Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Centre, Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Clinical and Medical Virology Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Division of Microbiology, Queensland Health Pathology Service, Royal Brisbane Hospitals Campus, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Royal Children's Hospitals, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Ian M. Mackay

ian.mackay@uq.edu.au

Affiliations Queensland Paediatric Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Centre, Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Clinical and Medical Virology Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IM PM. Performed the experiments: IM LS PM DW. Analyzed the data: SL IM LS PM EA MN DW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TS IM DW. Wrote the paper: IM PM. Other: Statistical computations and manuscript co-author: SL. Creation of a clinical severity scoring system and medical chart review: MN. Ethics approvals: EA. Clinical chart collection and data collection: EA.