About the Authors

Elisabeth G. W. Huijskens

i.huijskens@gmail.com

Affiliation Laboratory of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands

Johan Reimerink

Affiliation National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, RIVM, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Paul G. H. Mulder

Affiliation Amphia Academy, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands

Janko van Beek

Affiliation National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, RIVM, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Adam Meijer

Affiliation National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, RIVM, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Erwin de Bruin

Affiliation National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, RIVM, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Ingrid Friesema

Affiliation National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, RIVM, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Menno D. de Jong

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Guus F. Rimmelzwaan

Affiliation Department of Virology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Marcel F. Peeters

† Deceased.

Affiliation Laboratory of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands

John W. A. Rossen

Affiliations Laboratory of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Marion Koopmans

Affiliations National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, RIVM, Bilthoven, The Netherlands, Department of Virology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EH J. Reimerink JVB EDB MP J. Rossen MK. Performed the experiments: EH J. Reimerink JVB EDB MK. Analyzed the data: EH J. Reimerink PM JVB MDJ GR J. Rossen MK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AM IF MDJ GR. Wrote the paper: EH PM MK.