About the Authors

Mirte Scherpenisse

M.Scherpenisse@amc.uva.nl

Affiliations Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Screening, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands, Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Rutger M. Schepp

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

Madelief Mollers

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Surveillance, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands, Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Chris J. L. M. Meijer

Affiliations Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Guy A. M. Berbers

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

Fiona R. M. van der Klis

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

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS GB FvdK. Performed the experiments: MS RS. Analyzed the data: MS GB FvdK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MM GB FvdK. Wrote the manuscript: MS GB FvdK CM.