About the Authors
- Thijs Bosch
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* E-mail: thijs.bosch@rivm.nl
Affiliation Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Screening, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
- Erwin Verkade
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Affiliations Laboratory for Microbiology and Infection Control, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands, Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands
- Martijn van Luit
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Affiliation Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Screening, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
- Bruno Pot
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Affiliation Applied Maths, Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium
- Paul Vauterin
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Affiliation Applied Maths, Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium
- Ronald Burggrave
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Affiliation Piext B.V., Rosmalen, The Netherlands
- Paul Savelkoul
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Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, Academic Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Department of Medical Microbiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Jan Kluytmans
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Affiliations Laboratory for Microbiology and Infection Control, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands, Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands, Department of Medical Microbiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Leo Schouls
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Affiliation Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Screening, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Competing Interests
The authors Bruno Pot, Paul Vauterin (Applied Maths) and Ronald Burggrave (Piext B.V.) work for commercial companies, but this does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TB EJMV RB PHMS JAJWK LMS. Performed the experiments: TB MvL. Analyzed the data: TB LMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TB EJMV BP PV JAJWK LMS. Wrote the paper: TB LMS. Designed the software used in analysis: BP PV.