About the Authors

Philip W. Tuke

philip.tuke@hpa.org.uk

Affiliation Transfusion Microbiology Research and Development, National Transfusion Microbiology Laboratories, National Health Service Blood and Transplant, Colindale, London, United Kingdom

Kate I. Tettmar

Affiliation Transfusion Microbiology Research and Development, National Transfusion Microbiology Laboratories, National Health Service Blood and Transplant, Colindale, London, United Kingdom

Asif Tamuri

Affiliation Division of Mathematical Biology, Medical Research Council National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, United Kingdom

Jonathan P. Stoye

Affiliation Division of Virology, Medical Research Council National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, United Kingdom

Richard S. Tedder

Affiliations Transfusion Microbiology Research and Development, National Transfusion Microbiology Laboratories, National Health Service Blood and Transplant, Colindale, London, United Kingdom, Blood Borne Virus Unit, Virus Reference Department, Centre for Infections, Health Protection Agency, Colindale, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PWT KIT RST. Performed the experiments: PWT. Analyzed the data: AT JPS PWT. Wrote the paper: PWT RST JPS.