About the Authors

Maryke J. Nielsen

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

m.nielsen@liverpool.ac.uk

Affiliations Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility, Blantyre, Malawi, Liverpool Health Partners, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Paul Baines

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Critical Care, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Medicine, Ethics, Society & History, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Rebecca Jennings

Roles Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clinical Research Business Unit, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Sarah Siner

Roles Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Critical Care, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Ruwanthi Kolamunnage-Dona

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Life Course & Medical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Paul Newland

Roles Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar

Matthew Peak

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clinical Research Business Unit, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Christine Chesters

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clinical Biochemistry, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Graham Jeffers

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Life Course & Medical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Colin Downey

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Haematology, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Caroline Broughton

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Lynsey McColl

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Select Statistical Services, Exeter, United Kingdom

Jennifer Preston

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Life Course & Medical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Anthony McKeever

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Stephane Paulus

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Nigel Cunliffe

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Liverpool Health Partners, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Clinical Microbiology, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Enitan D. Carrol

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Liverpool Health Partners, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Department of Infectious Diseases, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following potential competing interest: LMcC is a paid employee of Select Statistics. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products associated with this research to declare. The other authors declare that they have no competing interests.