About the Authors

Fabien Vorimore

Affiliation University Paris-Est, Anses, Animal Health Laboratory, Bacterial Zoonoses Unit, Maisons-Alfort, France

Ru-ching Hsia

Affiliation University of Maryland, Core Imaging Facility, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Heather Huot-Creasy

Affiliation University of Maryland, Institute for Genome Sciences, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Suzanne Bastian

Affiliations Université Nantes Angers, Le Mans, Nantes, France, ONIRIS, UMR1300, Bio-agression, Epidémiologie et Analyse de Risques, Nantes, France, INRA, UMR1300, Bio-agression, Epidémiologie et Analyse de Risques, Nantes, France

Lucie Deruyter

Affiliation University Paris-Est, Anses, Animal Health Laboratory, Bacterial Zoonoses Unit, Maisons-Alfort, France

Anne Passet

Affiliations Université Nantes Angers, Le Mans, Nantes, France, ONIRIS, Center for Wildlife and Ecosystem Health, Nantes, France

Konrad Sachse

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Pathogenesis, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Jena, Germany

Patrik Bavoil

Affiliation University of Maryland, Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Garry Myers

Affiliation University of Maryland, Institute for Genome Sciences, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Karine Laroucau

karine.laroucau@anses.fr

Affiliation University Paris-Est, Anses, Animal Health Laboratory, Bacterial Zoonoses Unit, Maisons-Alfort, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KL PB GM. Performed the experiments: FV RCH HHC SB LD GM KL. Analyzed the data: FV KS PB GM KL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SB AP. Wrote the manuscript: FV KS PB GM KL.