About the Authors

Rachel J. Skilton

Contributed equally to this work with: Rachel J. Skilton, Lesley T. Cutcliffe

Affiliation Molecular Microbiology Group, University of Southampton Medical School, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom

Lesley T. Cutcliffe

Contributed equally to this work with: Rachel J. Skilton, Lesley T. Cutcliffe

Affiliation Molecular Microbiology Group, University of Southampton Medical School, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom

David Barlow

Affiliation Molecular Microbiology Group, University of Southampton Medical School, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom

Yibing Wang

Affiliation Molecular Microbiology Group, University of Southampton Medical School, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom

Omar Salim

Affiliation Molecular Microbiology Group, University of Southampton Medical School, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom

Paul R. Lambden

Affiliation Molecular Microbiology Group, University of Southampton Medical School, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom

Ian N. Clarke

inc@soton.ac.uk

Affiliation Molecular Microbiology Group, University of Southampton Medical School, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RJS LC DB PL IC. Performed the experiments: RJS LC DB YW. Analyzed the data: RJS LC OS PL IC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DB YW OS. Wrote the paper: IC.