About the Authors

Robert A. Whiley

Affiliation Department of Clinical & Diagnostic Oral Sciences, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, 4 Newark Street, London, United Kingdom, E1 2AT

Emily V. Fleming

Affiliation Centre for Immunology and Infectious Disease, Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, 4 Newark Street, London, United Kingdom, E1 2AT

Ridhima Makhija

Affiliation Department of Clinical & Diagnostic Oral Sciences, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, 4 Newark Street, London, United Kingdom, E1 2AT

Richard D. Waite

Richard.D.Waite@gmail.com

Affiliation Centre for Immunology and Infectious Disease, Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, 4 Newark Street, London, United Kingdom, E1 2AT

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RAW RDW. Performed the experiments: RAW RDW EVF RM. Analyzed the data: RAW RDW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RAW RDW EVF RM. Wrote the paper: RAW RDW.