About the Authors

Thomas S. Buttle

Contributed equally to this work with: Thomas S. Buttle, Graham H. Bothamley

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Current address: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Princess Royal University Hospital, King’s College NHS Foundation Trust, Farnborough Common, Orpington, United Kingdom

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Homerton University Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Claire Y. Hummerstone

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Homerton University Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Thippeswamy Billahalli

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Homerton University Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Richard J. B. Ward

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Homerton University Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Korina E. Barnes

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Department of Microbiology, Great Western Hospitals NHS Trust, Marlborough Road, Swindon, United Kingdom

Affiliation Microbiology Department, Homerton University Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Natalie J. Marshall

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Microbiology Department, Homerton University Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Viktoria C. Spong

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Homerton University Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Graham H. Bothamley

Contributed equally to this work with: Thomas S. Buttle, Graham H. Bothamley

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

g.bothamley@nhs.net

Affiliations Department of Respiratory Medicine, Homerton University Hospital, London, United Kingdom, Department of Immunobiology, Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom, Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.