About the Authors

Agnetha Hofhuis

Agnetha.Hofhuis@rivm.nl

Affiliation Epidemiology and surveillance unit, Centre for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Tineke Herremans

Affiliation Laboratory for infectious diseases and perinatal screening, Centre for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Daan W. Notermans

Affiliation Laboratory for infectious diseases and perinatal screening, Centre for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Hein Sprong

Affiliation Laboratory for zoonoses and environmental microbiology, Centre for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Manoj Fonville

Affiliation Laboratory for zoonoses and environmental microbiology, Centre for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Joke W. B. van der Giessen

Affiliation Laboratory for zoonoses and environmental microbiology, Centre for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Wilfrid van Pelt

Affiliation Epidemiology and surveillance unit, Centre for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AH WvP JWBvdG DN. Performed the experiments: AH TH MF HS. Analyzed the data: AH. Wrote the paper: AH.