About the Authors

Basima Almomani

Affiliation Clinical and Practice Research Group, School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

Ahmed F. Hawwa

Affiliation Clinical and Practice Research Group, School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

Jeffrey S. Millership

Affiliation Clinical and Practice Research Group, School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

Liam Heaney

Affiliation Centre for Infection and Immunity, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

Isabella Douglas

Affiliation The Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom

James C. McElnay

j.mcelnay@qub.ac.uk (JCM); m.shields@qub.ac.uk (MDS)

Affiliation Clinical and Practice Research Group, School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

Michael D. Shields

j.mcelnay@qub.ac.uk (JCM); m.shields@qub.ac.uk (MDS)

Affiliations Centre for Infection and Immunity, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom, The Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JCM MDS AFH JSM. Performed the experiments: BA AFH ID MDS. Analyzed the data: BA AFH JSM LH JCM MDS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JCM MDS. Wrote the paper: AFH JCM MDS.