About the Authors

Jonathan M. Cohen

Affiliations Centre for Respiratory Research, Department of Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Unit, Child Health Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Suneeta Khandavilli

Affiliation Centre for Respiratory Research, Department of Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Emilie Camberlein

Affiliation Centre for Respiratory Research, Department of Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Catherine Hyams

Affiliation Centre for Respiratory Research, Department of Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Helen E. Baxendale

Affiliations Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Unit, Child Health Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom, Department of Immunology, Royal Free Hospital Medical School Campus, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Jeremy S. Brown

jeremy.brown@ucl.ac.uk

Affiliation Centre for Respiratory Research, Department of Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: CJH was supported by an unrestricted educational grant from GlaxoSmithKline. 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: JMC HEB JSB. Performed the experiments: JMC SK EC CH. Analyzed the data: JMC HEB JSB. Wrote the paper: JMC JSB.