About the Authors

Stephanie Ascough

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Rebecca J. Ingram

Affiliation Centre for Infection and Immunity, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

Karen K. Chu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Catherine J. Reynolds

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Julie A. Musson

Affiliation Institute for Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Mehmet Doganay

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease, Erciyes University Hospital, Kayseri, Turkey

Gökhan Metan

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease, Erciyes University Hospital, Kayseri, Turkey

Yusuf Ozkul

Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, Erciyes University Hospital, Kayseri, Turkey

Les Baillie

Affiliation School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Shiranee Sriskandan

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Stephen J. Moore

Affiliation BIOMET, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Theresa B. Gallagher

Affiliation BIOMET, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Hugh Dyson

Affiliation Defence Science Technology Laboratory, Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kingdom

E. Diane Williamson

Affiliation Defence Science Technology Laboratory, Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kingdom

John H. Robinson

Affiliation Institute for Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Bernard Maillere

Affiliation CEA, iBiTecS, Service d'Ingénierie Moléculaire des Protéines (SIMOPRO), Gif Sur Yvette, France

Rosemary J. Boyton

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Daniel M. Altmann

d.altmann@imperial.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SA RJI KKC JAM EDW LB SS JHR BM RJB DMA. Performed the experiments: SA RJI KKC JAM EDW JHR CJR BM TH SJM. Analyzed the data: SA RJI KKC CJR BM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MD GM YO LB SJM TBG HD. Wrote the paper: SA RJI KKC RJB DMA.