About the Authors

Marc Daigneault

Affiliation Department of Infection and Immunity, University of Sheffield Medical School, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Thushan I. De Silva

Affiliations Department of Infection and Immunity, University of Sheffield Medical School, Sheffield, United Kingdom, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Martin A. Bewley

Affiliation Department of Infection and Immunity, University of Sheffield Medical School, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Julie A. Preston

Affiliation Department of Infection and Immunity, University of Sheffield Medical School, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Helen M. Marriott

Affiliation Department of Infection and Immunity, University of Sheffield Medical School, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Andrea M. Mitchell

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Infection, School of Immunity and Infection, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Timothy J. Mitchell

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Infection, School of Immunity and Infection, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Robert C. Read

Affiliations Department of Infection and Immunity, University of Sheffield Medical School, Sheffield, United Kingdom, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Moira K. B. Whyte

Affiliations Department of Infection and Immunity, University of Sheffield Medical School, Sheffield, United Kingdom, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Sheffield, United Kingdom

David H. Dockrell

d.h.dockrell@sheffield.ac.uk

Affiliations Department of Infection and Immunity, University of Sheffield Medical School, Sheffield, United Kingdom, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DHD. Performed the experiments: MD TID MAB AMM JAP HMM. Analyzed the data: MD MAB JAP HMM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AMM TJM RCR. Wrote the paper: MD DHD MKBW.