About the Authors
- Ulrich Nübel
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* E-mail: nuebelu@rki.de
Affiliation Robert Koch Institut, Wernigerode, Germany
- Janina Dordel
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Affiliation Robert Koch Institut, Wernigerode, Germany
- Kevin Kurt
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Affiliation Robert Koch Institut, Wernigerode, Germany
- Birgit Strommenger
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Affiliation Robert Koch Institut, Wernigerode, Germany
- Henrik Westh
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Affiliation Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark; University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Sanjay K. Shukla
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Affiliation Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Molecular Microbiology Laboratory, Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Helena Žemličková
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Affiliation National Institute of Public Health, Prague, Czech Republic
- Raphaël Leblois
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Affiliation Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle - Ecole pratique des Hautes Etudes - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Department of Systematics and Evolution, Paris, France
- Thierry Wirth
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Affiliation Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle - Ecole pratique des Hautes Etudes - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Department of Systematics and Evolution, Paris, France
- Thibaut Jombart
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Affiliation Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Medical Research Council Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, London, United Kingdom
- François Balloux
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Affiliation Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Medical Research Council Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, London, United Kingdom
- Wolfgang Witte
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Affiliation Robert Koch Institut, Wernigerode, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: UN BS WW. Performed the experiments: UN. Analyzed the data: UN JD KK BS HZ RL TW TJ FB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HW SKS HZ. Wrote the paper: UN BS HW HZ TW FB WW.