About the Authors

Luca Albergante

l.albergante@dundee.ac.uk (LA); paul.kaye@york.ac.uk (PMK)

Current address: College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom.

Affiliation Department of Computer Science and Department of Electronics, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Jon Timmis

Affiliation Department of Computer Science and Department of Electronics, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Lynette Beattie

Affiliation Center for Immunology and Infection, Department of Biology and Hull York Medical School, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Paul M. Kaye

l.albergante@dundee.ac.uk (LA); paul.kaye@york.ac.uk (PMK)

Affiliation Center for Immunology and Infection, Department of Biology and Hull York Medical School, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LA JT LB PMK. Performed the experiments: LA LB. Analyzed the data: LA LB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LB PMK. Wrote the paper: LA JT LB PMK. Supervised the study: JT PMK.