About the Authors

Gemma L. Johnson

gemma.johnson@bartshealth.nhs.uk

Affiliation Blizard Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Queen Mary University, London, United Kingdom

David F. Bibby

Affiliation Division of Infection, Barts and the London NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom

Stephenie Wong

Affiliation Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China

Samir G. Agrawal

Contributed equally to this work with: Samir G. Agrawal, Stephen A. Bustin

Affiliations Blizard Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Queen Mary University, London, United Kingdom, Department of Haemato-Oncology, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Stephen A. Bustin

Contributed equally to this work with: Samir G. Agrawal, Stephen A. Bustin

Affiliation Blizard Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Queen Mary University, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

S. Agrawal has received honoraria for consultancy work and lectures and unrestricted educational grants from Pfizer, Gilead, Schering-Plough, MSD and Bio Rad. G. Johnson has received funding from Pfizer for attendance at conferences. G. Johnson has received funding for non-salary study costs from Pfizer, Gilead, Schering-Plough and MSD. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GLJ DFB SGA SAB. Performed the experiments: GLJ SW. Analyzed the data: GLJ DFB SGA SAB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GLJ SGA SAB. Wrote the paper: GLJ DFB SGA SAB.