About the Authors

Francis O. Atanu

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Whiteknights Campus, University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom

Ernesto Oviedo-Orta

Current address: Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Vaccines Research, Siena, Italy

Affiliation University of Surrey, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Guildford, United Kingdom

Kimberly A. Watson

k.a.watson@reading.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Whiteknights Campus, University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Provided critical comments for improvements to the manuscript: EO. Conceived and designed the experiments: KAW. Performed the experiments: FOA KAW. Analyzed the data: FOA KAW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EO. Wrote the paper: FAO KAW.