About the Authors

Monika Marejková

monmarej@szu.cz

Affiliations National Reference Laboratory for E. coli and Shigella, National Institute of Public Health, Prague, Czech Republic, The 3rd Medical Faculty, Charles University Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

Květa Bláhová

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, 2nd Medical Faculty, Charles University Prague and the University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic

Jan Janda

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, 2nd Medical Faculty, Charles University Prague and the University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic

Angelika Fruth

Affiliation National Reference Center for Salmonella and Other Enteric Pathogens, Robert Koch Institute, Wernigerode, Germany

Petr Petráš

Affiliation National Reference Laboratory for E. coli and Shigella, National Institute of Public Health, Prague, Czech Republic

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MM PP KB JJ. Performed the experiments: MM AF PP. Analyzed the data: MM PP AF KB PP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AF KB JJ. Wrote the paper: MM KB PP.