About the Authors

Fadil A. Bidmos

Current address: Department of Medicine, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Hannah Chan

Affiliation National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, Potters Bar, United Kingdom

Uta Praekelt

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Isfahan Tauseef

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Youssif M. Ali

Affiliations Department of Infection, Inflammation and Immunity, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom, Microbiology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt

Edward B. Kaczmarski

Affiliation Meningococcal Reference Unit, Public Health England, Manchester, United Kingdom

Ian Feavers

Affiliation National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, Potters Bar, United Kingdom

Christopher D. Bayliss

cdb12@le.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FAB HC UP EK IF CDB. Performed the experiments: FAB HC UP IT YMA. Analyzed the data: FAB UP CDB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FAB HC UP IT YMA. Wrote the paper: FAB CDB.