About the Authors

Wafa Tombari

Affiliation University Tunis El Manar, Veterinary Microbiology Laboratory, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis- Belvédère, Tunisia

Mathilde Paul

Affiliations INRA, UMR 1225 IHAP, Toulouse, France, Universiy de Toulouse INP, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse, Toulouse, France

Jihene Bettaieb

Affiliation Medical Epidemiology Unit, Pasteur Institute of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia

Imen Larbi

Affiliation University Tunis El Manar, Veterinary Microbiology Laboratory, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis- Belvédère, Tunisia

Jihene Nsiri

Affiliation University Tunis El Manar, Veterinary Microbiology Laboratory, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis- Belvédère, Tunisia

Imen Elbehi

Affiliation University Tunis El Manar, Veterinary Microbiology Laboratory, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis- Belvédère, Tunisia

Latifa Gribaa

Affiliation University Tunis El Manar, Veterinary Microbiology Laboratory, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis- Belvédère, Tunisia

Abdeljelil Ghram

abdeljelil.ghram@pasteur.rns.tn

Affiliation University Tunis El Manar, Veterinary Microbiology Laboratory, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis- Belvédère, Tunisia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WT IL JN AG. Performed the experiments: IE LG WT. Analyzed the data: MP JB WT AG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WT MP JB IL JN. Wrote the paper: WT AG.