About the Authors

Faye Lanni

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

faye.lanni@hmh-cdi.org

Current address: Centre for Discovery and Innovation, Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America

Affiliation Public Health England, Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

Neil Burton

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Q3 Analytical, Porton Science Park Incubator Centre, Salisbury, United Kingdom

Debbie Harris

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Public Health England, Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

Susan Fotheringham

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Public Health England, Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

Simon Clark

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Public Health England, Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

Oliver Skinner

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Public Health England, Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

Nathan Wiblin

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Public Health England, Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

Mike Dennis

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Public Health England, Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

Stuart Armstrong

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation DSTL, Salisbury, United Kingdom

Geraint Davies

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Liverpool, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Ann Williams

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Public Health England, Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

We have the following interests: Author Neil Burton is affiliated to Q3 Analytical but provided his time for this study for free. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.