About the Authors

Qibo Zhang

qibo.zhang@liv.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom

Samuel C. Leong

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Paul S. McNamara

Affiliation Institute of Child Health, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Ayman Mubarak

Affiliation Department of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom

Richard Malley

Affiliation Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Adam Finn

Affiliation School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QZ AF. Performed the experiments: QZ SCL PSM AM. Analyzed the data: QZ SCL PSM AM AF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: QZ SCL PSM RM. Wrote the paper: QZ SCL PSM RM AF.