About the Authors

Eleanor R. Gray

e.gray@ucl.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Jeremy A. Garson

Affiliation Department of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Judith Breuer

Affiliation Department of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Simon Edwards

Affiliation Mortimer Market Centre, Camden Primary Care Trust, London, United Kingdom

Paul Kellam

Affiliations Department of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, United Kingdom, Pathogen Genetics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Deenan Pillay

Affiliation Department of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Greg J. Towers

Affiliation Department of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAG JB PK DP GJT. Performed the experiments: ERG. Analyzed the data: ERG JAG GJT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SE DP. Wrote the paper: ERG JAG GJT.