About the Authors

Heath A. Kelly

heath.kelly@mh.org.au

Affiliation Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Melbourne, Australia

Geoff N. Mercer

Affiliation National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

James E. Fielding

Affiliations Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Melbourne, Australia, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, Department of Health, Melbourne, Australia

Gary K. Dowse

Affiliation Department of Health Western Australia, Perth, Australia

Kathryn Glass

Affiliation National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

Dale Carcione

Affiliation Department of Health Western Australia, Perth, Australia

Kristina A. Grant

Affiliation Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Melbourne, Australia

Paul V. Effler

Affiliation Department of Health Western Australia, Perth, Australia

Rosemary A. Lester

Affiliation Department of Health, Melbourne, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HAK KG. Performed the experiments: GNM KG. Analyzed the data: HAK GNM JEF GKD DC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JEF GKD DC KAG PVE RAL. Wrote the paper: HAK GNM JEF GKD.