About the Authors
- Pieter Willem Smit
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* E-mail: Pieter.smit@thl.fi
Affiliations European Public Health Microbiology Training Programme, (EUPHEM), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
- Marjo Haanperä
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
- Pirre Rantala
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
- David Couvin
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Affiliation WHO Supranational TB Reference Laboratory, Tuberculosis & Mycobacteria Unit, Institut Pasteur de la Guadeloupe, Abymes, France
- Outi Lyytikäinen
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
- Nalin Rastogi
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Affiliation WHO Supranational TB Reference Laboratory, Tuberculosis & Mycobacteria Unit, Institut Pasteur de la Guadeloupe, Abymes, France
- Petri Ruutu
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
- Hanna Soini
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: PWS MH DC OL NR HS P. Ruutu. Performed the experiments: PWS HS OL MH P. Rantala. Analyzed the data: PWS NR DC HS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PWS DC NR P. Rantala MH HS P. Ruutu. Wrote the manuscript: PWS NR HS OL MH P. Ruutu P. Rantala.