About the Authors
- Karin Elberse
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* E-mail: Karin.Elberse@rivm.nl
Affiliation Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Perinatal Screening, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
- Sandra Witteveen
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Affiliation Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Perinatal Screening, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
- Han van der Heide
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Affiliation Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Perinatal Screening, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
- Ingrid van de Pol
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Affiliation Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Perinatal Screening, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
- Corrie Schot
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Affiliation Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Perinatal Screening, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
- Arie van der Ende
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Affiliation The Netherlands Reference Laboratory for Bacterial Meningitis and Department of Medical Microbiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Guy Berbers
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Affiliation Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Perinatal Screening, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
- Leo Schouls
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Affiliation Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Perinatal Screening, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: LS. Performed the experiments: SW HvdH IvdP CS KE. Analyzed the data: KE SW LS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AvdE HvdH. Wrote the paper: KE LM GB.