About the Authors

Xiaotong He

Affiliation Viral Oncology Laboratories, University of Manchester School of Cancer & Enabling Sciences, St Mary's Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom

Thomas D. J. Walker

Affiliation Viral Oncology Laboratories, University of Manchester School of Cancer & Enabling Sciences, St Mary's Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom

Innocent O. Maranga

Affiliation Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

Anthony W. Oliver

Affiliation Viral Oncology Laboratories, University of Manchester School of Cancer & Enabling Sciences, St Mary's Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom

Lynne Hampson

Affiliation Viral Oncology Laboratories, University of Manchester School of Cancer & Enabling Sciences, St Mary's Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom

Ian N. Hampson

ian.hampson@manchester.ac.uk

Affiliation Viral Oncology Laboratories, University of Manchester School of Cancer & Enabling Sciences, St Mary's Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: INH LH XH AO. Performed the experiments: XH TW. Analyzed the data: XH TW. Wrote the paper: LH INH AO TW IOM. Responsible for sample collection: IOM.