About the Authors

Richard A. Stabler

Affiliation Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Lisa F. Dawson

Affiliation Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Esmeralda Valiente

Affiliation Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Michelle D. Cairns

Affiliations Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Public Health Laboratory London, Health Protection Agency, Division of Infection, The Royal London Hospital, London, United Kingdom, UCL Centre for Clinical Microbiology, University College London, Royal Free Campus, London, United Kingdom

Melissa J. Martin

Affiliation Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Elizabeth H. Donahue

Affiliation Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Thomas V. Riley

Affiliation Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

J. Glenn Songer

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Ed J. Kuijper

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef, Leiden, Netherlands

Kate E. Dingle

Affiliation Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Oxford University, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

Brendan W. Wren

Brendan.Wren@lshtm.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BWW RAS LFD KED JGS TVR. Performed the experiments: RAS LFD EV MC MJM EHD KED. Analyzed the data: RAS LFD EV MJM END KED TVR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JGS TVR EJK MDC. Wrote the paper: RAS LFD EV MDC MJM EHD TVR JGS EJK KED BWW.