About the Authors

Marie Thibonnier

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Unité Postulante de Pathogenèse de Helicobacter, Paris, France

Jean-Michel Thiberge

Current address: Institut Pasteur, PF8 Génotypage des Pathogènes et Santé publique, Paris, France

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Unité Postulante de Pathogenèse de Helicobacter, Paris, France

Hilde De Reuse

hdereuse@pasteur.fr

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Unité Postulante de Pathogenèse de Helicobacter, Paris, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MT HDR. Performed the experiments: MT JMT. Analyzed the data: MT HDR. Wrote the paper: MT HDR.