About the Authors

Meredith K. D. Hawking

meredith.hawking@phe.gov.uk

Affiliation Primary Care Unit, Public Health England, Microbiology Department, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Gloucester, United Kingdom

Donna M. Lecky

Affiliation Primary Care Unit, Public Health England, Microbiology Department, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Gloucester, United Kingdom

Neville Q. Verlander

Affiliation Statistics, Modelling and Economics Department, Public Health England Centre for Infections, London, United Kingdom

Cliodna A. M. McNulty

Affiliation Primary Care Unit, Public Health England, Microbiology Department, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Gloucester, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DL MH CM. Performed the experiments: MH DL. Analyzed the data: NV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MH DL NV CM. Wrote the paper: MH NV DL CM.