About the Authors
- Jennifer M. Bell
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Contributed equally to this work with: Jennifer M. Bell, Ashley Agus, Fiona Lynn
Affiliation Centre for Infection and Immunity, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
- Michael D. Shields
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* E-mail: m.shields@qub.ac.uk
¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Centre for Infection and Immunity, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
- Ashley Agus
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Contributed equally to this work with: Jennifer M. Bell, Ashley Agus, Fiona Lynn
Affiliation Northern Ireland Clinical Trial Unit, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
- Kathryn Dunlop
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¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Ulster Hospital Dundonald, South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
- Thomas Bourke
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¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
- Frank Kee
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¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation UKCRC Centre of Excellence for Public Health (NI), School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
- Fiona Lynn
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Contributed equally to this work with: Jennifer M. Bell, Ashley Agus, Fiona Lynn
Affiliation School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JMB FL. Performed the experiments: JMB AA FL. Analyzed the data: JMB AA FL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MDS KD TB FK. Wrote the paper: JMB MDS KD FK FL.