About the Authors

Adam Peltan

Affiliations Centre for Immunology and Infection, University of York, York, United Kingdom, Department of Biology, Hull-York Medical School, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Laura Briggs

Affiliation Department of Biology, Hull-York Medical School, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Gareth Matthews

Affiliation Centre for Immunology and Infection, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Sean T. Sweeney

Affiliation Department of Biology, Hull-York Medical School, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Deborah F. Smith

deborah.smith@york.ac.uk

Affiliations Centre for Immunology and Infection, University of York, York, United Kingdom, Department of Biology, Hull-York Medical School, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DFS STS AP. Performed the experiments: AP LB. Analyzed the data: AP GM. Wrote the paper: AP STS DFS.