About the Authors

Marcella Mori

marcella.mori@coda-cerva.be

Affiliation Bacterial Zoonoses of Livestock, Operational Directorate Bacterial Diseases, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre, VAR-CODA-CERVA, Brussels, Belgium

Samira Boarbi

Affiliation Bacterial Zoonoses of Livestock, Operational Directorate Bacterial Diseases, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre, VAR-CODA-CERVA, Brussels, Belgium

Patrick Michel

Affiliation Bacterial Zoonoses of Livestock, Operational Directorate Bacterial Diseases, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre, VAR-CODA-CERVA, Brussels, Belgium

Raïssa Bakinahe

Affiliation Bacterial Zoonoses of Livestock, Operational Directorate Bacterial Diseases, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre, VAR-CODA-CERVA, Brussels, Belgium

Katleen Rits

Affiliation Bacterial Zoonoses of Livestock, Operational Directorate Bacterial Diseases, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre, VAR-CODA-CERVA, Brussels, Belgium

Pierre Wattiau

Affiliation Food borne and Highly Pathogenic Zoonoses and Antibiotic Resistance, Operational Directorate Bacterial Diseases, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre, VAR-CODA-CERVA, Brussels, Belgium

David Fretin

Affiliation Bacterial Zoonoses of Livestock, Operational Directorate Bacterial Diseases, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre, VAR-CODA-CERVA, Brussels, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MM SB PM DF. Performed the experiments: MM SB PM. Analyzed the data: MM SB PM PW DF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MM SB PM RB KR PW DF. Wrote the paper: MM PW. Critically reviewed the manuscript and approved the final version: MM SB PM RB KR PW DF.