About the Authors

Karen R. Buttigieg

Affiliation Microbiology Services Research, Public Health England, Porton Down, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

Stuart D. Dowall

Affiliation Microbiology Services Research, Public Health England, Porton Down, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

Stephen Findlay-Wilson

Affiliation Microbiology Services Research, Public Health England, Porton Down, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

Aleksandra Miloszewska

Affiliation Microbiology Services Research, Public Health England, Porton Down, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

Emma Rayner

Affiliation Microbiology Services Research, Public Health England, Porton Down, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

Roger Hewson

Roger.Hewson@phe.gov.uk

Affiliation Microbiology Services Research, Public Health England, Porton Down, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

Miles W. Carroll

Affiliation Microbiology Services Research, Public Health England, Porton Down, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

KRB, SDD, RH and MWC are named inventors on a pending patent application 40308GB “Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever Virus Antigenic Composition.” As declared on the competing interests section of the submission form, KRB, SDD, SFW, AM, RH and MWC are named inventors on a pending patent application 40308GB “Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever Virus Antigenic Composition”. The authors declare that no other competing interests exist. 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: KRB SDD RH MWC. Performed the experiments: KRB SDD SFW AM ER. Analyzed the data: KRB SDD SFW AM ER. Wrote the paper: KRB SDD AM ER RH.