About the Authors

Ulrich Nübel

nuebelu@rki.de

Affiliation Robert Koch Institut, Wernigerode, Germany

Janina Dordel

Affiliation Robert Koch Institut, Wernigerode, Germany

Kevin Kurt

Affiliation Robert Koch Institut, Wernigerode, Germany

Birgit Strommenger

Affiliation Robert Koch Institut, Wernigerode, Germany

Henrik Westh

Affiliation Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark; University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health, Copenhagen, Denmark

Sanjay K. Shukla

Affiliation Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Molecular Microbiology Laboratory, Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America

Helena Žemličková

Affiliation National Institute of Public Health, Prague, Czech Republic

Raphaël Leblois

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

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

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

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

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.