About the Authors

Yasir Alhamdi

Affiliation Department of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Daniel R. Neill

Affiliation Department of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Simon T. Abrams

Affiliation Department of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Hesham A. Malak

Affiliation Department of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Reham Yahya

Affiliation Department of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Richard Barrett-Jolley

Affiliation Department of Musculoskeletal Biology, Institute of Aging and Chronic Diseases, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Guozheng Wang

Affiliation Department of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Aras Kadioglu

A.kadioglu@liv.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Cheng-Hock Toh

Affiliations Department of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Roald Dahl Haemostasis & Thrombosis Centre, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YA DRN STA GW AK CHT. Performed the experiments: YA DRN STA HAM RY RBJ. Analyzed the data: YA DRN STA HAM RY RBJ GW AK CHT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AK CHT. Wrote the paper: YA DRN STA GW AK CHT. Coordinated and directed the study: AK CHT.