About the Authors

Sanne van den Berg

s.vandenberg@erasmusmc.nl

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Jon D. Laman

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Louis Boon

Affiliation Bioceros BV, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Marian T. ten Kate

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Gerjo J. de Knegt

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Rob M. Verdijk

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Henri A. Verbrugh

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Jan L. Nouwen

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Irma A. J. M. Bakker-Woudenberg

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

Louis Boon is employed by Bioceros BV. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. His employment by this company had no influence on this manuscript.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SvdB JL LB HV JN IBW. Performed the experiments: SvdB MtK GdK RV. Analyzed the data: SvdB JL LB RV JN IBW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RV. Wrote the paper: SvdB JL LB RV HV JN IBW.