About the Authors

Myrna M. T. de Rooij

Affiliation Division of Environmental Epidemiology, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Barbara Schimmer

Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands

Bart Versteeg

Affiliations Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, Jeroen Bosch Hospital, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands

Peter Schneeberger

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, Jeroen Bosch Hospital, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands

Boyd R. Berends

Affiliation Division of Veterinary Public Health, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Dick Heederik

Affiliation Division of Environmental Epidemiology, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Wim van der Hoek

Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands

Inge M. Wouters

i.wouters@uu.nl

Affiliation Division of Environmental Epidemiology, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DH BRB IMW. Performed the experiments: MMTR BS BV PS WH IMW. Analyzed the data: MMTR IMW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MMTR DH BS PS WH IMW. Wrote the paper: MMTR IW. Reviewed and commented on the manuscript: MMTR BS BV PS BRB DH WH IMW.