About the Authors

Ina L. Lauinger

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

Jon M. Bible

Affiliation Infection Science, GSTS Pathology, London, United Kingdom

Eugene P. Halligan

Affiliation Infection Science, GSTS Pathology, London, United Kingdom

Emma J. Aarons

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

Eithne MacMahon

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

Cheuk Y. W. Tong

William.Tong@kcl.ac.uk

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, King's College London, London, United Kingdom, Department of Infectious Diseases, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ILL JMB EPH EJA EM CYWT. Performed the experiments: ILL. Analyzed the data: ILL CYWT. Wrote the paper: ILL CYWT. Critical appraisal and approval of final manuscript: ILL JMB EPH EJA EM CYWT. Acquisition of clinical data: ILL JMB EPH EJA EM CYWT.