About the Authors

Gaby Smits

Gaby.Smits@rivm.nl

Affiliation Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Screening, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Liesbeth Mollema

Affiliation Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Susan Hahné

Affiliation Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Hester de Melker

Affiliation Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Irina Tcherniaeva

Affiliation Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Screening, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Sandra Waaijenborg

Affiliation Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Rob van Binnendijk

Affiliation Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Screening, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Fiona van der Klis

Affiliation Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Screening, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Guy Berbers

Affiliation Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Screening, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Contributed to the manuscript: LM SH HdM SW RvB FvdK GB. Performed the experiments: IT. Analyzed the data: LM. Wrote the paper: GS.