About the Authors

Vincent Foulongne

Affiliation Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1058- University of Montpellier I- Montpellier University Hospital, Department of Biology and Pathology-Laboratory of Virology and Department of Dermatology, Montpellier, France

Virginie Sauvage

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Laboratory for Urgent Responses to Biological Threats, Paris, France

Charles Hebert

Affiliation Pathoquest, Paris, France

Olivier Dereure

Affiliation Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1058- University of Montpellier I- Montpellier University Hospital, Department of Biology and Pathology-Laboratory of Virology and Department of Dermatology, Montpellier, France

Justine Cheval

Affiliation Pathoquest, Paris, France

Meriadeg Ar Gouilh

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Laboratory for Urgent Responses to Biological Threats, Paris, France

Kevin Pariente

Affiliation Pathoquest, Paris, France

Michel Segondy

Affiliation Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1058- University of Montpellier I- Montpellier University Hospital, Department of Biology and Pathology-Laboratory of Virology and Department of Dermatology, Montpellier, France

Ana Burguière

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Laboratory for Urgent Responses to Biological Threats, Paris, France

Jean-Claude Manuguerra

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Laboratory for Urgent Responses to Biological Threats, Paris, France

Valérie Caro

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

Marc Eloit

marc.eloit@pasteur.fr

Affiliations Pathoquest, Paris, France, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, UMR 1161 Virologie ENVA, INRA, ANSES, Maisons Alfort, France, Institut Pasteur, Department of Virology, Paris, France

Competing Interests

CH, JC, KP and ME are employed by a commercial company (Pathoquest). This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VF ME. Performed the experiments: VF VS KP JC CH. Analyzed the data: VF VS ME MAG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JCM AB VC. Wrote the paper: VF VS MS ME OD.