About the Authors

Sumita Pai

Affiliation Clinical Microbiology & Public Health Laboratory, Health Protection Agency, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Sani Hussaini Aliyu

Affiliation Clinical Microbiology & Public Health Laboratory, Health Protection Agency, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom

David Andrew Enoch

Affiliation Peterborough & Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Peterborough City Hospital, Bretton Gate, Peterborough, United Kingdom

Johannis Andreas Karas

karasja@gmail.com

Affiliation Clinical Microbiology & Public Health Laboratory, Health Protection Agency, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAK DE. Performed the experiments: SP SA JAK DE. Analyzed the data: SP SA JAK DE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SP SA JAK DE. Wrote the paper: SP SA JAK DE.