About the Authors

Vera M. van Rijn

Contributed equally to this work with: Vera M. van Rijn, Sofie H. Mooij

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

Sofie H. Mooij

Contributed equally to this work with: Vera M. van Rijn, Sofie H. Mooij

somooij@ggd.amsterdam.nl

Affiliations Cluster of Infectious Diseases, Public Health Service of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Center for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA), Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Madelief Mollers

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

Peter J. F. Snijders

Affiliation Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Arjen G. C. L. Speksnijder

Affiliation Cluster of Infectious Diseases, Public Health Service of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Audrey J. King

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

Henry J. C. de Vries

Affiliations Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands, Cluster of Infectious Diseases, Public Health Service of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Department of Dermatology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Arne van Eeden

Current address: Department of Internal Medicine, DC Klinieken Oud Zuid, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Jan van Goyen Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Fiona R. M. van der Klis

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

Hester E. de Melker

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

Marianne A. B. van der Sande

Affiliations Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Maarten F. Schim van der Loeff

Affiliations Cluster of Infectious Diseases, Public Health Service of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Center for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA), Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Competing Interests

MSvdL received funding for a substudy on HPV from Sanofi Pasteur MSD and participates in a Merck-funded investigator-initiated study on Gardasil. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. For the remaining authors no conflicts of interest were declared.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MvdS MSvdL MM VvR SM. Performed the experiments: SM FvdK AS AK. Analyzed the data: VvR MM SM MSvdL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AS AK. Wrote the paper: VvR SM MM PS AS AK HdV AvE FvdK HdM MvdS MSvdL. Participant recruitment and follow-up: HdV AvE. Expert advice: PS HdM.