About the Authors

Andrew P. Jackson

a.p.jackson@liv.ac.uk

Affiliations Pathogen Genomics Group, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom, Department of Infection Biology, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

Harriet C. Allison

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

J. David Barry

Affiliation Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Mark C. Field

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Christiane Hertz-Fowler

Affiliation Centre for Genomic Research, Institute of Integrative Biology, Biosciences Building, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

Matthew Berriman

Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Group, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: APJ HCA MCF. Performed the experiments: APJ HCA. Analyzed the data: APJ HCA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CHF MCF MB JDB. Wrote the paper: APJ.