About the Authors

Ruth Huizinga

Contributed equally to this work with: Ruth Huizinga, Alistair S. Easton

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Alistair S. Easton

Contributed equally to this work with: Ruth Huizinga, Alistair S. Easton

Affiliation Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Anne M. Donachie

Affiliation Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Jim Guthrie

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Wouter van Rijs

Affiliations Department of Immunology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Neurology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Astrid Heikema

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Louis Boon

Affiliation Bioceros BV, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Janneke N. Samsom

Affiliation Division Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Department of Paediatrics, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Bart C. Jacobs

Affiliations Department of Immunology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Neurology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Hugh J. Willison

Affiliation Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Carl S. Goodyear

Carl.Goodyear@glasgow.ac.uk

Affiliation Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RH ASE JNS BCJ HJW CSG. Performed the experiments: RH ASE AMD WvR. Analyzed the data: RH ASE CSG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JG LB AH. Wrote the paper: RH ASE CSG. Critical revision of manuscript: AMD JG WvR AH JNS BCJ HJW.