About the Authors

Saeeda Bobat

Affiliation MRC Centre for Immune Regulation, Institute of Microbiology and Infection, School of Immunity and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Matthew Darby

Affiliation Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa

Dunja Mrdjen

Affiliation Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa

Charlotte Cook

Affiliation MRC Centre for Immune Regulation, Institute of Microbiology and Infection, School of Immunity and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Erin Logan

Affiliation Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa

Jennifer Auret

Affiliation Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa

Elizabeth Jones

Affiliation MRC Centre for Immune Regulation, Institute of Microbiology and Infection, School of Immunity and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Corinna Schnoeller

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, South Kensington Campus, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Adriana Flores-Langarica

Affiliation MRC Centre for Immune Regulation, Institute of Microbiology and Infection, School of Immunity and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Ewan A. Ross

Affiliation MRC Centre for Immune Regulation, Institute of Microbiology and Infection, School of Immunity and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Alykhan Vira

Affiliation Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa

Constantino López-Macías

Affiliation Medical Research Unit on Immunochemistry, Specialties Hospital, National Medical Centre “Siglo XXI” Mexican Institute for Social Security (IMSS), Mexico City, Mexico

Ian R. Henderson

Affiliation MRC Centre for Immune Regulation, Institute of Microbiology and Infection, School of Immunity and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

James Alexander

Affiliation Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Frank Brombacher

Affiliation Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa

William G. Horsnell

wghorsnell@gmail.com (WGH); a.f.cunningham@bham.ac.uk (AFC)

Affiliation Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa

Adam F. Cunningham

wghorsnell@gmail.com (WGH); a.f.cunningham@bham.ac.uk (AFC)

Affiliation MRC Centre for Immune Regulation, Institute of Microbiology and Infection, School of Immunity and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SB WGH AFC JA FB. Performed the experiments: SB MD DM CC EJ AV EL JA. Analyzed the data: SB AFL EAR WGH AFC IRH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CLM FB CS. Wrote the paper: SB WGH AFC JA IRH.