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1 Centre for Infection and Immunity, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK

2 The Pirbright Institute, Compton, Berkshire, UK

3 Department of Medicine, Imperial College, London, UK

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

5 The School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK

6 Defence Science Technology Laboratory, Porton Down, Salisbury, UK

7 Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

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

9 Department of Medicine, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Rd, London W12 ONN, UK