About the Authors

Frieder Schaumburg

frieder.schaumburg@ukmuenster.de

Affiliations Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany, Medical Research Unit, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon

Robin Köck

Affiliations Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany, Institute of Hygiene, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Alexander W. Friedrich

Affiliation Institute of Hygiene, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Solange Soulanoudjingar

Affiliations Medical Research Unit, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon, Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Ulysse Ateba Ngoa

Affiliations Medical Research Unit, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon, Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Christof von Eiff

Affiliations Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany, Pfizer Pharma GmbH, Berlin, Germany

Saadou Issifou

Affiliations Medical Research Unit, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon, Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Peter G. Kremsner

Affiliations Medical Research Unit, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon, Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Mathias Herrmann

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Saarland, Homburg, Germany

Georg Peters

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Karsten Becker

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FS SS CvE SI AWF PGK GP MH KB. Performed the experiments: FS RK SS UAN. Analyzed the data: FS RK KB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AWF SI PGK GP. Wrote the paper: FS RK AWF CvE PGK MH GP KB.