About the Authors
- Peter McErlean
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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
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Affiliation Mueller Laboratory, Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Emily Andrews
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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* E-mail: 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.