About the Authors

Rebecca Phillips

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

Mattias Svensson

Affiliation Center for Infectious Medicine, Department of Medicine, F59, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden

Naveed Aziz

Affiliation The Technology Facility, Department of Biology, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Asher Maroof

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

Najmeeyah Brown

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

Lynette Beattie

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

Nathalie Signoret

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

Paul M. Kaye

pmk2@york.ac.uk

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RP MS NA PMK. Performed the experiments: RP MS NA AM NB LB. Analyzed the data: RP MS NA NS PMK. Wrote the paper: RP PMK.