About the Authors

Laure Diancourt

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Genotyping of Pathogens and Public Health, Paris, France

Virginie Passet

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Genotyping of Pathogens and Public Health, Paris, France

Alexandr Nemec

Affiliation Laboratory of Bacterial Genetics, National Institute of Public Health, Prague, Czech Republic

Lenie Dijkshoorn

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Sylvain Brisse

sylvain.brisse@pasteur.fr

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Genotyping of Pathogens and Public Health, Paris, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LD AN LD SB. Performed the experiments: LD VP AN LD SB. Analyzed the data: LD AN LD SB. Wrote the paper: LD AN LD SB.