About the Authors

Hannah E. Jones

h.jones@ich.ucl.ac.uk

Affiliations Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Unit, Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute for Womens Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Kathryn A. Harris

Affiliation Microbiology Department, Camelia Botner Laboratories, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Malika Azizia

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute for Womens Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Lindsay Bank

Affiliation Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Unit, Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom

Bernadette Carpenter

Affiliation Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Unit, Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom

John C. Hartley

Affiliation Microbiology Department, Camelia Botner Laboratories, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Nigel Klein

Affiliation Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Unit, Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom

Donald Peebles

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute for Womens Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HEJ KAH JCH NK DP. Performed the experiments: HEJ LB BC. Analyzed the data: HEJ KAH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MA. Wrote the paper: HEJ NK DP.