About the Authors
- Eleftheria Mavridou
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* E-mail: MavridouRita@gmail.com (EM); p.verweij@mmb.umcn.nl (PEV)
Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, Nijmegen Institute for Infection, Inflammation and Immunity, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Nijmegen Institute for Infection, Inflammation and Immunity, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Joseph Meletiadis
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Affiliation Laboratory for Clinical Microbiology, Attikon University General Hospital, Athens, Greece
- Pavol Jancura
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Affiliation Institute for Computing and Information Sciences, Faculty of Science, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Saiden Abbas
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Affiliation Institute for Computing and Information Sciences, Faculty of Science, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Maiken C. Arendrup
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Affiliation Department of Microbiological Surveillance and Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Willem J. G. Melchers
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Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, Nijmegen Institute for Infection, Inflammation and Immunity, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Nijmegen Institute for Infection, Inflammation and Immunity, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Tom Heskes
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Affiliation Institute for Computing and Information Sciences, Faculty of Science, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Johan W. Mouton
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Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, Nijmegen Institute for Infection, Inflammation and Immunity, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Nijmegen Institute for Infection, Inflammation and Immunity, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Paul E. Verweij
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* E-mail: MavridouRita@gmail.com (EM); p.verweij@mmb.umcn.nl (PEV)
Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, Nijmegen Institute for Infection, Inflammation and Immunity, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Nijmegen Institute for Infection, Inflammation and Immunity, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Competing Interests
This study was funded by Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD). There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. 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: EM JM JWM PEV. Performed the experiments: EM. Analyzed the data: EM JM JWM PJ SA TH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WJGM MCA. Wrote the paper: EM JM PJ JWM PEV. Provided molecular data: WJGM. Designed and supervised the mathematical analysis: TH. Critical revision for important intellectual content: MCA.