About the Authors
- Christopher Fuller
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Affiliation Royal Free Campus, University College London Medical School, University College, London, United Kingdom
- Susan Michie
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Affiliation University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Joanne Savage
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Affiliation Royal Free Campus, University College London Medical School, University College, London, United Kingdom
- John McAteer
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Affiliation University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Sarah Besser
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Current address: King's College London, London, England
Affiliation Royal Free Campus, University College London Medical School, University College, London, United Kingdom
- Andre Charlett
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Affiliation Health Protection Agency, London, United Kingdom
- Andrew Hayward
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Affiliation Royal Free Campus, University College London Medical School, University College, London, United Kingdom
- Barry D. Cookson
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Affiliation Health Protection Agency, London, United Kingdom
- Ben S. Cooper
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Current address: Mahidol University Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Bangkok, Thailand
Affiliation Health Protection Agency, London, United Kingdom
- Georgia Duckworth
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Affiliation Health Protection Agency, London, United Kingdom
- Annette Jeanes
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Affiliation University College London Hospitals, London, United Kingdom
- Jenny Roberts
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Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
- Louise Teare
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Affiliation Mid-Essex NHS Trust, Chelmsford, United Kingdom
- Sheldon Stone
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* E-mail: s.stone@medsch.ucl.ac.uk
Affiliation Royal Free Campus, University College London Medical School, University College, London, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
Barry Cookson has received consultancy fees from Wyeth (vaccines), Carefusion (chlorhexidine preparations), Baxter (intravenous lines), 3M, Rubbermaid, and Spire (infection control) and lecture fees from Wyeth. Sheldon Stone received grant funding from GOJO industries. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SM JM SPS AH BDC AC BSC JR GD AJ LT. Performed the experiments: CF JS SB JM. Analyzed the data: AC CF JS. Wrote the paper: CF SPS SM AH BDC BSC AC. Formed the final writing committee: CF SPS SM AH BDC BSC AC. Wrote first draft written: CF. Wrote subsequent drafts: SPS. Approved the final manuscript: CF SM JS JM SB AC AH BDC BSC GD AJ JR LT SS. Made additional revisions to refine the intellectual content of earlier versions of the paper: CF SM JS JM SB AC AH BDC BSC GD AJ JR LT SS.