About the Authors

Xiao Ming Wang

Affiliation Scientific Institute of Public Health, Direction of Communicable and Infectious Diseases, Rue Engeland 642, 1180 Brussels, Belgium

Karine Soetaert

Affiliation Scientific Institute of Public Health, Direction of Communicable and Infectious Diseases, Rue Engeland 642, 1180 Brussels, Belgium

Priska Peirs

Affiliation Scientific Institute of Public Health, Direction of Communicable and Infectious Diseases, Rue Engeland 642, 1180 Brussels, Belgium

Michaël Kalai

Affiliation Scientific Institute of Public Health, Direction of Communicable and Infectious Diseases, Rue Engeland 642, 1180 Brussels, Belgium

Véronique Fontaine

Affiliation Unité de Microbiologie Pharmaceutique et Hygiène, Faculty of Pharmacy, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Boulevard du Triomphe, CP205/2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium

Jean Paul Dehaye

Affiliation Unité de Microbiologie Pharmaceutique et Hygiène, Faculty of Pharmacy, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Boulevard du Triomphe, CP205/2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium

Philippe Lefèvre

philefev@ulb.ac.be

Affiliation Unité de Microbiologie Pharmaceutique et Hygiène, Faculty of Pharmacy, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Boulevard du Triomphe, CP205/2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XMW PL. Performed the experiments: XMW KS. Analyzed the data: XMW KS VF JPD PL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PP MK. Wrote the paper: XMW VF JPD PL.