About the Authors

Marie-Pierre Chauzat

marie-pierre.chauzat@anses.fr

Affiliations Honeybee Pathology Unit, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), European Union and National Reference Laboratory for honeybee health, Sophia Antipolis, France, Epidemiological Surveillance Unit, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), Scientific Affairs Department for Laboratories, Maisons-Alfort, France

Laura Cauquil

Affiliation Honeybee Pathology Unit, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), European Union and National Reference Laboratory for honeybee health, Sophia Antipolis, France

Lise Roy

Affiliation Unit of Epidemiology, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), Lyon, France

Stéphanie Franco

Affiliation Honeybee Pathology Unit, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), European Union and National Reference Laboratory for honeybee health, Sophia Antipolis, France

Pascal Hendrikx

Affiliation Epidemiological Surveillance Unit, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), Scientific Affairs Department for Laboratories, Maisons-Alfort, France

Magali Ribière-Chabert

Affiliation Honeybee Pathology Unit, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), European Union and National Reference Laboratory for honeybee health, Sophia Antipolis, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MPC LC LR SF PH MRC. Performed the experiments: MPC LC LR SF PH MRC. Analyzed the data: MPC LC LR SF PH MRC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MPC LC LR SF PH MRC. Wrote the paper: MPC LC MRC.