About the Authors

Fatma Z. Guerfali

Affiliations Université Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, LR11IPT02, Laboratory of Transmission, Control and Immunobiology of Infections (LTCII), Tunis-Belvédère, Tunisia

Dhafer Laouini

Affiliations Université Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, LR11IPT02, Laboratory of Transmission, Control and Immunobiology of Infections (LTCII), Tunis-Belvédère, Tunisia

Abdellatif Boudabous

Affiliation Université Tunis El Manar, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Laboratoire Microorganisme et Biomolécules Actives, Campus Universitaire Farhat Heched, El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia

Fredj Tekaia

tekaia@pasteur.fr

Affiliation Institut Pasteur Paris, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.