About the Authors

Aileen G. Rowan

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

Aviva Witkover

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

Anat Melamed

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

Yuetsu Tanaka

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan

Lucy B. M. Cook

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

Paul Fields

Affiliation Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Graham P. Taylor

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

Charles R. M. Bangham

c.bangham@imperial.ac.uk

Affiliation Section of Virology, 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: AGR PF GPT CRMB. Performed the experiments: AGR AW. Analyzed the data: AGR AM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YT LBMC PF GPT. Wrote the paper: AGR LBMC GPT CRMB. Recruited patients: LBMC PF GPT.