About the Authors
- Camille Achonu
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Affiliation Department of Surveillance and Epidemiology, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Laura Rosella
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Affiliations Department of Surveillance and Epidemiology, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Jonathan B. Gubbay
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Affiliations Public Health Laboratories, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Shelley Deeks
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Affiliations Department of Surveillance and Epidemiology, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Anu Rebbapragada
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Affiliation Public Health Laboratories, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Tony Mazzulli
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Affiliation Public Health Laboratories, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Don Willison
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Affiliation Department of Surveillance and Epidemiology, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Julie Foisy
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Affiliation Department of Surveillance and Epidemiology, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Allison McGeer
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Affiliations Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Ian Johnson
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Affiliations Department of Surveillance and Epidemiology, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Marie LaFreniere
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Affiliation Department of Surveillance and Epidemiology, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Caitlin Johnson
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Affiliation Department of Surveillance and Epidemiology, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Jacqueline Willmore
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Affiliation Ottawa Public Health, Nepean, Ontario, Canada
- Carmen Yue
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Affiliation Toronto Public Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Natasha S. Crowcroft
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* E-mail: natasha.crowcroft@oahpp.ca
Affiliations Department of Surveillance and Epidemiology, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Competing Interests
None of the authors has any conflict of interest to declare. Dr Gubbay has received research grants from GlaxoSmithKline Inc. and Hoffman-La Roche Ltd to study antiviral resistance in influenza, however, this is not relevant to this study. 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: CA LR JBG SD DW IJ JW CY NSC. Performed the experiments: JBG AR TM ML CJ CA. Analyzed the data: CA LR NSC JBG JF AR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AR TM JBG. Wrote the paper: AM CA LR NSC SD ML JBG JF.