About the Authors
- Sandra Schwarz
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Contributed equally to this work with: Sandra Schwarz, Giovanna Morelli
Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Hanover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
- Giovanna Morelli
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Contributed equally to this work with: Sandra Schwarz, Giovanna Morelli
Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany
- Barica Kusecek
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany
- Andrea Manica
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Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Francois Balloux
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Affiliation MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, St Mary's Campus, London, United Kingdom
- Robert J. Owen
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Affiliation Campylobacter and Helicobacter Research/Reference Unit, Laboratory of Enteric Pathogens, Centre for Infections, Health Protection Agency, London, United Kingdom
- David Y. Graham
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Schalk van der Merwe
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Affiliation Hepatology and Gastroenterology Research Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
- Mark Achtman
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* E-mail: m.achtman@ucc.ie (MA); suerbaum.sebastian@mh-hannover.de (SS)
Current address: Environmental Research Institute, Cork, Ireland
Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany, Environmental Research Institute and Department of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
- Sebastian Suerbaum
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* E-mail: m.achtman@ucc.ie (MA); suerbaum.sebastian@mh-hannover.de (SS)
Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Hanover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: G. Morelli, M. Achtman, S. Suerbaum. Performed the experiments: S. Schwarz, G. Morelli, B. Kusecek. Analyzed the data: S. Schwarz, G. Morelli, A. Manica, F. Balloux, M. Achtman, S. Suerbaum. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: R. Owen, D. Graham, S. van der Merwe, M. Achtman, S. Suerbaum. Wrote the paper: S. Schwarz, A. Manica, M. Achtman, S. Suerbaum.