About the Authors

Michelle E. Gahan

michelle.gahan@canberra.edu.au

Current address: Centre for Biomedical, Molecular and Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Applied Science, University of Canberra, Bruce, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Children's Vaccines Group, Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Medicine, Monash University, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Victoria, Australia

Diane E. Webster

Affiliations Children's Vaccines Group, Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Victoria, Australia

Steven L. Wesselingh

Affiliations Children's Vaccines Group, Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Medicine, Monash University, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Victoria, Australia

Richard A. Strugnell

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Ji Yang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MEG DW SW RS JY. Performed the experiments: MEG JY. Analyzed the data: MEG DW JY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SW RS. Wrote the paper: MEG DW RS. As a PhD supervisor provided advice, assistance and comments on the data interpretation, analysis and reporting and provided feedback on the manuscript: DW SW RS. Provided feedback on the manuscript: JY.