About the Authors
- Dominik Mertz
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Diseases Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Tae Hyong Kim
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Affiliations Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Division of Infectious Diseases, Departments of Internal Medicine, Soon Chun Hyang University Seoul Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Jennie Johnstone
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Po-Po Lam
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Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Division of Epidemiology, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Michelle Science
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Affiliations Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Stefan P. Kuster
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Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Shaza A. Fadel
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Affiliation Division of Epidemiology, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Dat Tran
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Eduardo Fernandez
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Neera Bhatnagar
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Affiliation Health Sciences Library, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Mark Loeb
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* E-mail: loebm@mcmaster.ca
Affiliations Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Diseases Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Competing Interests
Mark Loeb has been a paid consultant for GSK, Novartis, and Sanofi Pasteur (vaccine manufacturers). There are no other competing interests to be declared. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DM THK JJ NB ML. Performed the experiments: DM THK JJ PL MS SPK SAF DT EF. Analyzed the data: DM THK JJ PL MS SPK SAF DT EF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NB. Wrote the paper: DM THK JJ ML.