About the Authors

Monica Galiano

Monica.Galiano@hpa.org.uk

Affiliation Centre for Infections, Health Protection Agency, London, United Kingdom

Paul-Michael Agapow

Affiliation Centre for Infections, Health Protection Agency, London, United Kingdom

Catherine Thompson

Affiliation Centre for Infections, Health Protection Agency, London, United Kingdom

Steven Platt

Affiliation Centre for Infections, Health Protection Agency, London, United Kingdom

Anthony Underwood

Affiliation Centre for Infections, Health Protection Agency, London, United Kingdom

Joanna Ellis

Affiliation Centre for Infections, Health Protection Agency, London, United Kingdom

Richard Myers

Affiliation Centre for Infections, Health Protection Agency, London, United Kingdom

Jonathan Green

Affiliation Centre for Infections, Health Protection Agency, London, United Kingdom

Maria Zambon

Affiliation Centre for Infections, Health Protection Agency, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MG CT JE. Performed the experiments: MG CT. Analyzed the data: MG PMA CT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SP AU RM JG. Wrote the paper: MG PMA CT JE MZ.