About the Authors

Yibing Wang

Affiliation Molecular Microbiology Group, University of Southampton Medical School, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom

Simona Kahane

Affiliation Department of Virology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel

Lesley T. Cutcliffe

Affiliation Molecular Microbiology Group, University of Southampton Medical School, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom

Rachel J. Skilton

Affiliation Molecular Microbiology Group, University of Southampton Medical School, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom

Paul R. Lambden

Affiliation Molecular Microbiology Group, University of Southampton Medical School, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom

Ian N. Clarke

inc@soton.ac.uk

Affiliation Molecular Microbiology Group, University of Southampton Medical School, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YW SK PRL INC. Performed the experiments: YW SK LTC RJS INC. Analyzed the data: YW SK RJS PRL INC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SK INC. Wrote the paper: YW SK LTC RJS PRL INC.