About the Authors

Jessica Vanhomwegen

jvhomweg@pasteur.fr

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Laboratory for Urgent Responses to Biological Threats, Paris, France

Nicolas Berthet

Affiliations Institut Pasteur, Epidemiology and Pathophysiology of Oncogenic Viruses, Paris, France, CNRS, UMR3569, Paris, France

Christelle Mazuet

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Anaerobic Bacteria and Toxins Unit, Paris, France

Ghislaine Guigon

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Genotyping of Pathogens and Public Health, Paris, France

Tatiana Vallaeys

Affiliation CNRS – CC093 Université Montpellier II, UMR5119 Ecosystèmes lagunaires, Montpellier, France

Rayna Stamboliyska

Affiliation Department of Biology II, University of Munich (LMU), Planegg-Martinsried, Germany

Philippe Dubois

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Laboratory for Urgent Responses to Biological Threats, Paris, France

Giulia C. Kennedy

Affiliation Department of Research and Development, Veracyte, Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Stewart T. Cole

Affiliation Global Health Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland

Valérie Caro

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Genotyping of Pathogens and Public Health, Paris, France

Jean-Claude Manuguerra

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Laboratory for Urgent Responses to Biological Threats, Paris, France

Michel-Robert Popoff

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Anaerobic Bacteria and Toxins Unit, Paris, France

Competing Interests

One of the authors, Dr. Giulia C. Kennedy, is Chief Scientific Officer at Veracyte Inc, a commercial company. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JV NB PD JCM MRP. Performed the experiments: JV NB CM. Analyzed the data: JV NB CM GG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GG VC. Wrote the paper: JV JCM MRP. Designed the content of Resequencing microarray: NB CM RS TV GCK STC MRP. Designed the software used in analysis: GG VC.