About the Authors

Aurélie Veracx

Affiliation URMITE UMR 6236, CNRS-IRD, Faculté de Médecine, Université Aix-Marseille, Marseille, France

Romain Rivet

Affiliation URMITE UMR 6236, CNRS-IRD, Faculté de Médecine, Université Aix-Marseille, Marseille, France

Karen D. McCoy

Affiliation MIVEGEC UMR 5290, CNRS-IRD-UM1-UM2, Centre IRD, Montpellier, France

Philippe Brouqui

Affiliation URMITE UMR 6236, CNRS-IRD, Faculté de Médecine, Université Aix-Marseille, Marseille, France

Didier Raoult

Didier.raoult@gmail.com

Affiliation URMITE UMR 6236, CNRS-IRD, Faculté de Médecine, Université Aix-Marseille, Marseille, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PB DR. Performed the experiments: AV RR KDM. Analyzed the data: AV RR KDM PB DR. Wrote the paper: AV RR KDM PB DR.