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Received: 20 September 2018

Accepted: 13 March 2019

First Online: 21 March 2019

Authors’ information

: J.C.V. BBiomedSc(Hons), Ph.D. Candidate and Research Fellow, University of Melbourne, the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and the National Centre for Infections in Cancer; C.O.M. MB, BCh, FRACP, Grad Dip Clin Epi, Ph.D., Infectious Diseases Physician, Monash University and Alfred Health; M.A.T. MBiostat, BSc., Research Fellow and Biostatistician, Austin Health; D.L. <i>MBBS (Hons), BMedSc, FRACP, Ph.D., CertHealthEcon, Professor of Clinical Outcomes Research; S.P.</i> MBBS; FRACP, FRCPA, Haematologist, Alfred Health; A.Y.P. MBBS Ph.D. MPH FRACP, Infectious Diseases Physician, Monash University and Alfred Health; M.R.A.-R. MBBS (Hons) FRACP Ph.D., Infectious Diseases Physician, Monash University and Alfred Health.

: Written ethics approval was granted by the Alfred Health Human Research Ethics Committee (project number: 93/17). The need for informed consent was deemed unnecessary according to national regulations in accordance with the National Health and Medical Research Council <i>National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research (2007 and updates)</i> []. Administrative permission to access the raw data from the Victorian Data Linkages Unit was granted from Ms. Fiona Miles of the Monash University Advisory Board and Dr. Tsharni Zazryn of the Monash Research Office.

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