About the Authors

Kirsty J. Bolton

Kirsty.Bolton@nottingham.ac.uk

Affiliations School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, School of Community Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

James M. McCaw

Affiliations Vaccine and Immunisation Research Group, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia

Lorena Brown

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

David Jackson

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Katherine Kedzierska

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Jodie McVernon

Affiliations Vaccine and Immunisation Research Group, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia

Competing Interests

Please note that James McCaw and Jodie McVernon both serve as PLOS ONE editorial board members. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KJB JMM LB DJ KK JM. Performed the experiments: KJB. Analyzed the data: KJB JMM JM. Wrote the paper: KJB JMM JM. Contributed to the interpretation of computational results: KJB JMM LB DJ KK JM. Critically revised the manuscript and approved the final version: KJB JMM LB DJ KK JM.