About the Authors

Peter G. E. Kennedy

Peter.Kennedy@glasgow.ac.uk

Affiliation Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Paul Montague

Affiliation Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Fiona Scott

Affiliation University College London Division of Infection & Immunity, United Kingdom

Esther Grinfeld

Affiliation Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

G. H. Ashrafi

Affiliation Kingston University London, Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom

Judith Breuer

Affiliation University College London Division of Infection & Immunity, United Kingdom

Edward G. Rowan

Affiliation Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

JB receives funding from Sanofi Pasteur MSD for viral genotyping of rashes following vaccination, however this funding was not for this specific study. PGEK has acted as an adviser on shingles vaccination to Sanofi Pasteur MSD. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PGEK EGR. Performed the experiments: EGR PM EG GHA. Analyzed the data: EGR PGEK PM JB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JB FS. Wrote the paper: PGEK.