About the Authors
- Tjibbe Donker
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Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft
* E-mail: tjibbe.donker@ndm.ox.ac.uk
Affiliations The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, National Infection Service, Public Health England, Colindale, London, United Kingdom
- Timo Smieszek
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Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations National Infection Service, Public Health England, Colindale, London, United Kingdom, MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Katherine L. Henderson
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Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation National Infection Service, Public Health England, Colindale, London, United Kingdom
- Timothy M. Walker
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Roles Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Russell Hope
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Roles Writing – review & editing
Affiliation National Infection Service, Public Health England, Colindale, London, United Kingdom
- Alan P. Johnson
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Roles Writing – review & editing
Affiliations The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, National Infection Service, Public Health England, Colindale, London, United Kingdom
- Neil Woodford
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Roles Writing – review & editing
Affiliations The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, National Infection Service, Public Health England, Colindale, London, United Kingdom
- Derrick W. Crook
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Roles Writing – review & editing
Affiliations The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, National Infection Service, Public Health England, Colindale, London, United Kingdom, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Tim E. A. Peto
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Contributed equally to this work with: Tim E. A. Peto, A. Sarah Walker, Julie V. Robotham
Roles Writing – review & editing
Affiliations The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom
- A. Sarah Walker
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Contributed equally to this work with: Tim E. A. Peto, A. Sarah Walker, Julie V. Robotham
Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Julie V. Robotham
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Contributed equally to this work with: Tim E. A. Peto, A. Sarah Walker, Julie V. Robotham
Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, National Infection Service, Public Health England, Colindale, London, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: All authors declare no support from any organisation for the submitted work; NW has received research grants from Wockhardt, Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp, Roche, Meiji Seika, Enigma Diagnostics, Bio-Rad, Biomerieux, Accelerate, BD Diagnostics, Astrazeneca, Check points, GlaxoSmithKline, Kalidex, Malinta, Momentum, Norgine, Rempex, Rotikan, Smith&Nephew, Venato Rx Pharmaceuticals, and Basilea for research projects or contracted evaluations. There were no other relationships or activities that could appear to have influenced the submitted work. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.