About the Authors

Sergei L. Kosakovsky Pond

spond@ucsd.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

David Posada

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Immunology, University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain

Eric Stawiski

Affiliation Monogram Biosciences, South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Colombe Chappey

Affiliation Monogram Biosciences, South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Art F.Y. Poon

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Gareth Hughes

Affiliation Health Protection Agency East of England Regional Epidemiology Unit, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Esther Fearnhill

Affiliation Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit, London, United Kingdom

Mike B. Gravenor

Affiliation School of Medicine, University of Swansea, Swansea, United Kingdom

Andrew J. Leigh Brown

Affiliation Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Simon D.W. Frost

Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SLKP DP AJLB SDWF. Performed the experiments: SLKP. Analyzed the data: SLKP DP ES GH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SLKP DP ES CC AFYP GH EF MBG SDWF. Wrote the paper: SLKP DP AFYP SDWF.