About the Authors

Vincent Thibault

vincent.thibault@psl.aphp.fr

Affiliation Virology Laboratory, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique (APHP), and Pierre et Marie Curie University, Paris, France

Syria Laperche

Affiliation National reference center for hepatitis B and C in blood transfusion, National Institute of blood transfusion, Paris, France

Valérie Thiers

Affiliation Virology Department, Institute Pasteur, Paris, France

Sophie Sayon

Affiliation Virology Laboratory, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique (APHP), and Pierre et Marie Curie University, Paris, France

Marie-José Letort

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Department, National Institute for Public Health Surveillance (Institut de veille sanitaire), Saint-Maurice, France

Elisabeth Delarocque-Astagneau

Affiliation Emerging Diseases Epidemiology Unit and Pharmacoepidemiology and Infectious Diseases Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Denise Antona

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Department, National Institute for Public Health Surveillance (Institut de veille sanitaire), Saint-Maurice, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: V. Thibault SL ED DA. Performed the experiments: V. Thibault SS V. Thiers MJL. Analyzed the data: V. Thibault SL SS V. Thiers ED MJL DA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: V. Thibault SS V. Thiers MJL DA. Wrote the manuscript: V. Thibault SL ED DA.