About the Authors

C. Wim Ang

w.ang@vumc.nl

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Neurology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Immunology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Jeroen R. Dijkstra

Affiliation Central Veterinary Institute of Wageningen UR, Lelystad, The Netherlands

Marcel A. de Klerk

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Immunology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Hubert Ph. Endtz

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Pieter A. van Doorn

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Bart C. Jacobs

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Immunology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Suzan H. M. Jeurissen

† Deceased.

Affiliation Central Veterinary Institute of Wageningen UR, Lelystad, The Netherlands

Jaap A. Wagenaar

Affiliations Central Veterinary Institute of Wageningen UR, Lelystad, The Netherlands, Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, WHO Collaborating Center for Campylobacter/OIE Reference Laboratory for Campylobacteriosis, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CWA JRD MADK PAvD BCJ JAW. Performed the experiments: CWA JRD MADK SHMJ JAW. Analyzed the data: CWA MADK HPE PAvD BCJ SHMJ JAW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CWA JRD MADK HPE SHMJ JAW. Wrote the paper: CWA JAW.