About the Authors

Andy Alhassan

Affiliation Division of Genome Biology, New England Biolabs, Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States of America

Benjamin L. Makepeace

Affiliation Institute of Infection & Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Elwyn James LaCourse

Affiliation Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Mike Y. Osei-Atweneboana

Affiliation Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Water Research Institute, Accra, Ghana

Clotilde K. S. Carlow

carlow@neb.com

Affiliation Division of Genome Biology, New England Biolabs, Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

CKSC and AA have received funding from and are employed by New England Biolabs. This affiliation does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. CKSC is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AA BLM EJL CKSC. Performed the experiments: AA BLM EJL. Analyzed the data: AA BLM EJL CKSC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BLM MYOA. Wrote the paper: AA BLM EJL MYOA.