About the Authors

Evelyne Picard-Meyer

evelyne.picard-meyer@anses.fr

Affiliation French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), Nancy Laboratory for Rabies and Wildlife, OIE Reference Laboratory for Rabies, European Union Reference Laboratory for Rabies, European Union Reference Laboratory for Rabies Serology, Malzeville, France

Emmanuelle Robardet

Affiliation French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), Nancy Laboratory for Rabies and Wildlife, OIE Reference Laboratory for Rabies, European Union Reference Laboratory for Rabies, European Union Reference Laboratory for Rabies Serology, Malzeville, France

Laurent Arthur

Affiliation Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Bourges, Bourges, France

Gérald Larcher

Affiliation SFEPM Chiroptera Group, Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Bourges, Bourges, France

Christine Harbusch

Affiliation Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union, Perl-Kesslingen, Germany

Alexandre Servat

Affiliation French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), Nancy Laboratory for Rabies and Wildlife, OIE Reference Laboratory for Rabies, European Union Reference Laboratory for Rabies, European Union Reference Laboratory for Rabies Serology, Malzeville, France

Florence Cliquet

Affiliation French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), Nancy Laboratory for Rabies and Wildlife, OIE Reference Laboratory for Rabies, European Union Reference Laboratory for Rabies, European Union Reference Laboratory for Rabies Serology, Malzeville, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FC. Performed the experiments: AS EPM. Analyzed the data: EPM ER FC CH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LA GL. Wrote the paper: EPM ER FC.