About the Authors

Séverine Mercier-Delarue

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Saint Louis University Hospital, Paris, France

Christine Durier

Affiliation INSERM—SC10-US19,Villejuif, France

Nathalie Colin de Verdière

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Saint Louis University Hospital, Paris, France

Jean-Dominique Poveda

Affiliation Laboratoire CERBA Saint-Ouen-L'aumône- France, Saint-Ouen-L'aumône, France

Vincent Meiffrédy

Affiliation INSERM—SC10-US19,Villejuif, France

Maria Dolores Fernandez Garcia

Affiliation INSERM U944 -UMR 7212, Saint Louis University Hospital, Paris, France

Stéphane Lastère

Affiliation Department of Medical Biology, Centre Hospitalier de Polynésie Française, Papeete–Tahiti, French Polynesia

Raymond Césaire

Affiliation Department of Viro-Immunology, University Hospital of Fort de France, Fort de France- Martinique, French West Indies

Jean-Claude Manuggera

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Environment and Infectious Risks Research and Expertise Unit, Laboratory for Urgent Response to Biological Threats, Paris, France

Jean-Michel Molina

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Saint Louis University Hospital, Paris, France

Ali Amara

Affiliation INSERM U944 -UMR 7212, Saint Louis University Hospital, Paris, France

François Simon

francois.simon@aphp.fr

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Saint Louis University Hospital, Paris, France

Competing Interests

Cerba laboratories just provide the financial support as Dr. Poveda’s salaries and have no role in the study design and analysis or decision to publish. This commercial affiliation does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: FS. Data curation: CD NCDV VM. Formal analysis: CD VM. Funding acquisition: FS. Investigation: SMD NCDV JDP SL RC JCM. Methodology: CD NCDV VM JMM FS. Project administration: CD NCDV VM FS. Resources: JDP SL RC AA MDFG. Software: CD VM. Supervision: NCDV JMM AA FS. Validation: SMD CD FS. Visualization: SMD CD NCDV FS. Writing – original draft: SMD CD NCDV FS. Writing – review & editing: SL JMM.