About the Authors

Tjibbe Donker

tjibbe.donker@rivm.nl

Affiliations Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands, Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Jacco Wallinga

Affiliations Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands, Julius Center for Health Research and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Hajo Grundmann

Affiliations Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands, Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TD JW HG. Performed the experiments: TD. Analyzed the data: TD. Wrote the paper: TD JW HG.