About the Authors

Linda Grillová

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Biology of Spirochetes Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

Matthew T. Robinson

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust-Research Unit (LOMWRU), Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Centre for Tropical Medicine & Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Anisone Chanthongthip

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust-Research Unit (LOMWRU), Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Antony T. Vincent

Roles Formal analysis, Software

Affiliation INRS-Centre Armand-Frappier Santé-Biotechnologie, Bacterial Symbionts Evolution, Laval, Canada

Cecilia Nieves

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation INRS-Centre Armand-Frappier Santé-Biotechnologie, Bacterial Symbionts Evolution, Laval, Canada

Jan Oppelt

Roles Formal analysis, Software

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States of America

Jean-François Mariet

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Biology of Spirochetes Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Céline Lorioux

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Biology of Spirochetes Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Manivanh Vongsouvath

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust-Research Unit (LOMWRU), Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Mayfong Mayxay

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust-Research Unit (LOMWRU), Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Centre for Tropical Medicine & Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Institute of Research and Education Development (IRED), University of Health Sciences, Ministry of Health, Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Ooyanong Phonemeexay

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust-Research Unit (LOMWRU), Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Sayaphet Rattanavong

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust-Research Unit (LOMWRU), Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Koukeo Phommasone

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust-Research Unit (LOMWRU), Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Anousone Douangnouvong

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust-Research Unit (LOMWRU), Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic

David Šmajs

Roles Funding acquisition

Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

Frédéric J. Veyrier

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology

Affiliation INRS-Centre Armand-Frappier Santé-Biotechnologie, Bacterial Symbionts Evolution, Laval, Canada

Paul N. Newton

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust-Research Unit (LOMWRU), Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Centre for Tropical Medicine & Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Mathieu Picardeau

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

mathieu.picardeau@pasteur.fr

Current address: Biology of Spirochetes Unit, National Reference Center for Leptospirosis, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Affiliation Biology of Spirochetes Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.