About the Authors
- Mardjan Arvand
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* E-mail: mardjan.arvand@hlpug.hessen.de
Affiliation Hesse State Health Office, Centre for Health Protection, Dillenburg, Germany
- Vera Moser
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Affiliation Hesse State Health Office, Centre for Health Protection, Dillenburg, Germany
- Christine Schwehn
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Affiliation Hesse State Health Office, Centre for Health Protection, Dillenburg, Germany
- Gudrun Bettge-Weller
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Affiliation Hesse State Health Office, Centre for Health Protection, Dillenburg, Germany
- Marjolein P. Hensgens
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Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Ed J. Kuijper
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Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MA. Performed the experiments: VM GB-W. Analyzed the data: MA MH EK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CS MH EK. Wrote the paper: MA.