About the Authors

Colin R. Muirhead

Colin.Muirhead@Newcastle.ac.uk

Affiliation Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Timothy D. Cheetham

Affiliation Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Simon Court

Affiliation Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Michael Begon

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Richard J. Q. McNally

Affiliation Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the study: RM CM. Data collection: TC SC. Interpretation of the analyses: CM TC SC MB RM. Provided input to the writing of the manuscript: TC SC MB. Analyzed the data: CM. Wrote the paper: CM RM.