About the Authors

Anna Schurich

Affiliation Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Laura J. Pallett

Affiliation Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Marcin Lubowiecki

Affiliation Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Harsimran D. Singh

Affiliations Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, United Kingdom, Centre for Hepatology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Upkar S. Gill

Affiliation Centre for Digestive Disease, Barts and the London School for Medicine and Dentistry, London, United Kingdom

Patrick T. Kennedy

Affiliation Centre for Digestive Disease, Barts and the London School for Medicine and Dentistry, London, United Kingdom

Eleni Nastouli

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology and Virology, University College London Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Sudeep Tanwar

Affiliation Centre for Hepatology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

William Rosenberg

Affiliation Centre for Hepatology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Mala K. Maini

m.maini@ucl.ac.uk

Affiliation Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

MKM has served on advisory boards for Roche, Transgene and ITS and has received an unrestricted educational grant from BMS. WMR has served on advisory boards for Roche, Gilead Sciences, BMS, MSD and GSK. PTK has served on advisory boards for and received unrestricted educational grants from Roche, Gilead and BMS. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS Pathogens policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Critical review of manuscript: LJP ML HDS ST WR USG PTK EN. Conceived and designed the experiments: AS MKM. Performed the experiments: AS LJP ML HDS. Analyzed the data: AS LJP ML. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ST WR USG PTK EN. Wrote the paper: AS MKM.