About the Authors

Christine Larsen

c.larsen@invs.sante.fr

Affiliation National Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS), Saint-Maurice, France

Marie-Laure Chaix

Affiliation University Paris Descartes, EA 3620, Virology Department, APHP, Paris, France

Yann Le Strat

Affiliation National Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS), Saint-Maurice, France

Annie Velter

Affiliation National Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS), Saint-Maurice, France

Anne Gervais

Affiliation Hepatology Department, Bichat University Hospital, Paris, France

Isabelle Aupérin

Affiliation Internal Medicine Department, Community Hospital, Montreuil, France

Laurent Alric

Affiliation Digestive Department, Toulouse III University, Toulouse, France

Xavier Duval

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Department, Bichat University Hospital, Paris, France

Patrick Miailhes

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Department, Hospices Civiles de Lyon, Croix-Rousse Hospital, Lyon, France

Corinne Pioche

Affiliation National Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS), Saint-Maurice, France

Stanislas Pol

Affiliation University Paris Descartes, Inserm U1016, Liver Unit, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France

Lionel Piroth

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Department, University Hospital, Dijon, France

Elisabeth Delarocque-Astagneau

Affiliations National Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS), Saint-Maurice, France, Unité d'Épidémiologie des Maladies Émergentes, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

for the steering committee of the HEPAIG study

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CL AV YLS EDA SP LP MLC. Performed the experiments: AG IA XD LA PM SP LP SD JG JYLT FL MLC. Analyzed the data: CL MLC AV YLS LP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MLC. Wrote the paper: CL EDA.