About the Authors

Stefan Schilling

stefan.schilling@kgu.de

Affiliation Department for Internal Medicine, Staedtische Kliniken Moenchengladbach, Moenchengladbach, Germany

Francesco Maria Fusco

Affiliation Department for Infectious Diseases, National Institute for Infectious Diseases “Lazarro Spallanzani”, Rome, Italy

Giuseppina De Iaco

Affiliation Department for Internal Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliero, Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti delle Marche, Torrette, Italy

Barbara Bannister

Affiliation Department for Infectious Diseases, The Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Helena C. Maltezou

Affiliation Department for Interventions in Health-Care Facilities, Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Athens, Greece

Gail Carson

Affiliation Department of Rare and Imported Pathogens, Health Protection Agency, Porton, United Kingdom

Rene Gottschalk

Affiliation Department for Infectious Diseases, Port Health Authorities, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Hans-Reinhard Brodt

Affiliation Department for Infectious Diseases, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Philippe Brouqui

Affiliation Department for Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Marseilles University, Marseille, France

Vincenzo Puro

Affiliation Department for Infectious Diseases, National Institute for Infectious Diseases “Lazarro Spallanzani”, Rome, Italy

Giuseppe Ippolito

Affiliation Department for Infectious Diseases, National Institute for Infectious Diseases “Lazarro Spallanzani”, Rome, Italy

for the European Network for Highly Infectious Diseases project members

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS FMF. Performed the experiments: SS FMF. Analyzed the data: SS FMF GDI. Wrote the paper: SS FMF. Reviewing of the questionnaire design and content: SS FMF GDI BB HM GC RG HRB PB VP GI. Data interpretation: SS FMF GDI BB HM GC RG HRB PB VP GI. Final approval of the manuscript: SS FMF GDI BB HM GC RG HRB PB VP GI.