About the Authors

Claire Nour Abou Chakra

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

Jacques Pepin

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

Stephanie Sirard

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

Louis Valiquette

Louis.Valiquette@USherbrooke.ca

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CNAC JP LV. Performed the experiments: CNAC SS LV. Analyzed the data: CNAC JP SS LV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CNAC SS. Wrote the paper: CNAC JP SS LV.