About the Authors
- Maia Merabishvili
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Affiliations Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium, Eliava Institute of Bacteriophage, Microbiology and Virology, Tbilisi, Georgia, Laboratory of Bacteriology Research, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Daniel De Vos
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Affiliation Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
- Gilbert Verbeken
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Affiliation Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
- Andrew M. Kropinski
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Affiliations Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ontario, Canada, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
- Dieter Vandenheuvel
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Affiliation Laboratory of Gene Technology, KU Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium
- Rob Lavigne
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Affiliation Laboratory of Gene Technology, KU Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium
- Pierre Wattiau
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Affiliation Unit of Highly Pathogenic & Foodborne Zoonoses, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre, Brussels, Belgium
- Jan Mast
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Affiliation Electron Microscopy Unit, Veterinary and Agrochemical 8 Research Centre, Brussels, Belgium
- Catherine Ragimbeau
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Affiliation Surveillance and Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases, Laboratoire National de Santé, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Joel Mossong
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Affiliation Surveillance and Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases, Laboratoire National de Santé, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Jacques Scheres
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Affiliations Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden
- Nina Chanishvili
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Affiliation Eliava Institute of Bacteriophage, Microbiology and Virology, Tbilisi, Georgia
- Mario Vaneechoutte
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Affiliation Laboratory of Bacteriology Research, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Jean-Paul Pirnay
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* E-mail: jean-paul.pirnay@mil.be
Affiliation Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MM DDV GV AMK DV RL PW J. Mast CR J. Mossong JS NC MV JPP. Performed the experiments: MM DV J. Mast. Analyzed the data: MM DDV GV AMK DV RL PW J. Mast CR J. Mossong JS NC MV JPP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AMK RL PW J. Mast CR J. Mossong NC MV JPP. Wrote the paper: MM DDV GV AMK DV RL PW J. Mast CR J. Mossong JS NC MV JPP.