About the Authors
- Carrol Gamble
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* E-mail: c.gamble@liv.ac.uk
Affiliation Clinical Trials Research Centre, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Simon Nadel
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Affiliation St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
- Dee Snape
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Affiliation Mental and Behavioural Health Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Andrew McKay
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Affiliation Clinical Trials Research Centre, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Helen Hickey
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Affiliation Clinical Trials Research Centre, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Paula Williamson
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Affiliation Clinical Trials Research Centre, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Linda Glennie
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Affiliation Meningitis Research Foundation, Thornbury, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Claire Snowdon
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Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
- Bridget Young
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Affiliation Mental and Behavioural Health Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CG SN HH BY. Performed the experiments: CG SN DS AM HH PW LG CS BY. Analyzed the data: DS BY AM CG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LG. Wrote the paper: CG SN DS AM HH PW LG CS BY.