About the Authors

Simon Lévesque

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Faculté de Médecine de l'Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

Eric Fournier

Affiliation Laboratoire de santé publique du Québec, Institut national de santé publique du Québec, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec, Canada

Nathalie Carrier

Affiliation Centre de Recherche Clinique Étienne-Le Bel du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

Eric Frost

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Faculté de Médecine de l'Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada, Centre de Recherche Clinique Étienne-Le Bel du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

Robert D. Arbeit

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Section, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sophie Michaud

Sophie.Michaud@USherbrooke.ca

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Faculté de Médecine de l'Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SL E. Frost SM. Performed the experiments: SL. Analyzed the data: SL E. Fournier NC E. Frost RDA SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: E. Frost SM. Wrote the paper: SL E. Frost RDA SM.