About the Authors

Jade Ghosn

Contributed equally to this work with: Jade Ghosn, Constance Delaugerre

jade.ghosn@bct.aphp.fr

Affiliations Paris Descartes University, EA 3620, Necker University Hospital, Paris, France, AP-HP, Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Bicetre University Hospital, Le Kremlin-Bicetre, France

Constance Delaugerre

Contributed equally to this work with: Jade Ghosn, Constance Delaugerre

Affiliations Paris Descartes University, EA 3620, Necker University Hospital, Paris, France, AP-HP, Virology Department, Necker University Hospital, Paris, France

Philippe Flandre

Affiliation Inserm UMR-S 943, Virology Department, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital and Pierre et Marie Curie University Paris 6, Paris, France

Julie Galimand

Affiliation Paris Descartes University, EA 3620, Necker University Hospital, Paris, France

Isabelle Cohen-Codar

Affiliation Abbott France, Rungis, France

François Raffi

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Hotel-Dieu Hospital, Nantes, France

Jean-François Delfraissy

Affiliation AP-HP, Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Bicetre University Hospital, Le Kremlin-Bicetre, France

Christine Rouzioux

Affiliations Paris Descartes University, EA 3620, Necker University Hospital, Paris, France, AP-HP, Virology Department, Necker University Hospital, Paris, France

Marie-Laure Chaix

Affiliations Paris Descartes University, EA 3620, Necker University Hospital, Paris, France, AP-HP, Virology Department, Necker University Hospital, Paris, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist except for Isabelle Cohen-Codar who is an employee of Abbott Laboratories.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JGhosn CD M-LC CR PF. Performed the experiments: JGhosn JGalimand CD. Analyzed the data: JGhosn CD M-LC CR IC-C J-FD FR PF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JGhosn JGalimand. Wrote the paper: JGhosn CD M-LC. Design of the clinical trial: J-FD CR IC-C PF CD.