About the Authors

Adam O. Whelan

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

aowhelan@dstl.gov.uk

Affiliation CBR Division, Dstl Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kingdom

Helen C. Flick-Smith

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation CBR Division, Dstl Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kingdom

Jane Homan

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation ioGenetics LLC, Madison, WI, United States of America

Zu T. Shen

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Zoe Carpenter

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation CBR Division, Dstl Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kingdom

Payam Khoshkenar

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ambily Abraham

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Nicola J. Walker

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation CBR Division, Dstl Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kingdom

Stuart M. Levitz

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Gary R. Ostroff

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Petra C. F. Oyston

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation CBR Division, Dstl Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

We have the following interests. Jane Homan is employed by the commercial company: ioGenetics. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.