About the Authors

Joost H. Smid

Affiliations Centre for Infectious Disease Control (CIb), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Lapo Mughini Gras

lapo.mughinigras2@unibo.it

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy, Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Bologna University, Bologna, Italy

Albert G. de Boer

Affiliation Central Veterinary Institute of Wageningen UR, Lelystad, The Netherlands

Nigel P. French

Affiliation Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Arie H. Havelaar

Affiliations Centre for Infectious Disease Control (CIb), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Jaap A. Wagenaar

Affiliations Central Veterinary Institute of Wageningen UR, Lelystad, The Netherlands, Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Campylobacter/OIE Reference Laboratory for Campylobacteriosis, Lelystad/Utrecht, The Netherlands

Wilfrid van Pelt

Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Control (CIb), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JHS AHH WVP. Performed the experiments: AGDB JAW. Analyzed the data: JHS LMG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JHS LMG AGDB NPF AHH JAW WVP. Wrote the paper: JHS LMG AGDB NPF AHH JAW WVP.