About the Authors
- Katherina Zakikhany
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Contributed equally to this work with: Katherina Zakikhany, David J. Allen
Affiliations Virus Reference Department, Health Protection Agency Microbiology Services, London, United Kingdom, The European Programme for Public Health Microbiology Training (EUPHEM), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden
- David J. Allen
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Contributed equally to this work with: Katherina Zakikhany, David J. Allen
* E-mail: david.james.allen@hpa.org.uk
Affiliation Virus Reference Department, Health Protection Agency Microbiology Services, London, United Kingdom
- David Brown
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Affiliation Virus Reference Department, Health Protection Agency Microbiology Services, London, United Kingdom
- Miren Iturriza-Gómara
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Affiliation Virus Reference Department, Health Protection Agency Microbiology Services, London, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DJA MI. Performed the experiments: KZ DJA. Analyzed the data: KZ DJA MI. Wrote the paper: KZ DJA. Design of pyrosequencing primer/development of assay: KZ Contributed to paper writing/editing: MI DB.