About the Authors
- Yuqian Ma
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Current address: Department of Haematological Medicine, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
Affiliations Department of Experimental Immunobiology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London, London, United Kingdom
- David Vilanova
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Affiliation R&D, Cepheid Europe, Maurens Scopont, France
- Kerem Atalar
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Affiliations Department of Experimental Immunobiology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London, London, United Kingdom
- Olivier Delfour
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Affiliation R&D, Cepheid Europe, Maurens Scopont, France
- Jonathan Edgeworth
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Affiliations NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London, London, United Kingdom, Guy's and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
- Marlies Ostermann
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Affiliations NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London, London, United Kingdom, Guy's and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
- Maria Hernandez-Fuentes
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Affiliations Department of Experimental Immunobiology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London, London, United Kingdom
- Sandrine Razafimahatratra
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Affiliation R&D, Cepheid Europe, Maurens Scopont, France
- Bernard Michot
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Affiliation R&D, Cepheid Europe, Maurens Scopont, France
- David H. Persing
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Affiliation Cepheid, Sunnyvale, California, United States of America
- Ingrid Ziegler
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro, Sweden
- Bianca Törös
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Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Microbiology, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro, Sweden
- Paula Mölling
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Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Microbiology, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro, Sweden
- Per Olcén
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Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Microbiology, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro, Sweden
- Richard Beale
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Affiliations Division of Asthma, Allergy and Lung Biology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London, London, United Kingdom, Guy's and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
- Graham M. Lord
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* E-mail: graham.lord@kcl.ac.uk
Affiliations Department of Experimental Immunobiology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London, London, United Kingdom, Guy's and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
Luis Escribano has received fees for covering experimental costs and consultancy from collaborator, Cepheid, Europe, during the course of this study. 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: YM DV KA MHF IZ GL. Performed the experiments: YM DV SR IZ BT PM. Analyzed the data: YM DV OD IZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JE MO BM DHP PO RB. Wrote the paper: YM IZ GL. Acquired Ethic Approval: YM MHF JE GL.