About the Authors

Cees C. van den Wijngaard

kees.van.den.wijngaard@rivm.nl

Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Liselotte van Asten

Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Wilfrid van Pelt

Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Gerda Doornbos

Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Nico J. D. Nagelkerke

Affiliation United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates

Gé A. Donker

Affiliation Netherlands Institute of Health Services Research, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Wim van der Hoek

Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Marion P. G. Koopmans

Affiliations Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CCvdW LvA WvP NJDN MPGK. Performed the experiments: CCvdW. Analyzed the data: CCvdW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GD GAD. Wrote the paper: CCvdW. Helped drafting and reviewed drafts of the paper: LvA WvP NJDN GAD WvdH MPGK. Helped interpreting the analysis results: LvA WvP NJDN MPGK. Reviewed drafts of the paper: GD.