About the Authors
- Nigel J. Dimmock
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* E-mail: n.j.dimmock@warwick.ac.uk
Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
- Brian K. Dove
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Contributed equally to this work with: Brian K. Dove, Paul D. Scott, Bo Meng
Affiliation Health Protection Agency, Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kingdom
- Paul D. Scott
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Contributed equally to this work with: Brian K. Dove, Paul D. Scott, Bo Meng
Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
- Bo Meng
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Contributed equally to this work with: Brian K. Dove, Paul D. Scott, Bo Meng
Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
- Irene Taylor
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Affiliation Health Protection Agency, Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kingdom
- Linda Cheung
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Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
- Bassam Hallis
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Affiliation Health Protection Agency, Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kingdom
- Anthony C. Marriott
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Current address: Health Protection Agency, Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kingdom
Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
- Miles W. Carroll
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Affiliation Health Protection Agency, Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kingdom
- Andrew J. Easton
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Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and NJD and AJE have the following conflicts: patents relating to 244 defective interfering influenza virus. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. Patent details: 2007, NJD. Defective interfering virus: P113084WO. 2009, NJD and AJE. Antiviral protection with viruses containing a defective genome: P120930WO.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: NJD AJE BKD BH. Performed the experiments: PDS BM BKD IT LC. Analyzed the data: NJD AJE ACM MWC. Wrote the paper: NJD AJE.