About the Authors

David Melzer

david.melzer@pms.ac.uk

Affiliation Epidemiology and Public Health Group, Peninsula Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

Neil E. Rice

Affiliation Epidemiology and Public Health Group, Peninsula Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

Ceri Lewis

Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

William E. Henley

Affiliation School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom

Tamara S. Galloway

Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DM TSG. Analyzed the data: DM NR WH. Wrote the paper: DM NR CL TSG.