About the Authors

Kathryn French

Current address: Microbiology Department, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom.

Affiliation Public Health England, Public Health Laboratory Birmingham, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Jason Evans

Current address: Wales Centre for Mycobacteria, Public Health Wales, University Hospital Llandough, Penarth, United Kingdom.

Affiliation Public Health England, Public Health Laboratory Birmingham, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Hannah Tanner

hannah.tanner@heartofengland.nhs.uk

Affiliation Public Health England, Public Health Laboratory Birmingham, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Savita Gossain

Affiliation Public Health England, Public Health Laboratory Birmingham, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Abid Hussain

Affiliation Public Health England, Public Health Laboratory Birmingham, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: KF JE AH SG. Investigation: KF JE HT. Methodology: KF JE AH SG. Supervision: AH SG. Visualization: KF JE. Writing – original draft: KF. Writing – review & editing: HT AH SG.