About the Authors

Donna M. Lecky

donna.lecky@phe.gov.uk

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

Meredith K. D. Hawking

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DL CM. Performed the experiments: DL MH. Analyzed the data: NV DL CM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DL CM NV MH. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: DL NV CM.