About the Authors

Norbert Heinrich

Contributed equally to this work with: Norbert Heinrich, Elmar Saathoff

heinrich@lrz.uni-muenchen.de

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical Center of the University of Munich, Munich, Germany, German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), University of Munich, Munich, Germany

Elmar Saathoff

Contributed equally to this work with: Norbert Heinrich, Elmar Saathoff

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical Center of the University of Munich, Munich, Germany, German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), University of Munich, Munich, Germany

Nina Weller

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical Center of the University of Munich, Munich, Germany, German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), University of Munich, Munich, Germany

Petra Clowes

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical Center of the University of Munich, Munich, Germany, German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), University of Munich, Munich, Germany, NIMR-Mbeya Medical Research Programme, Mbeya, Tanzania

Inge Kroidl

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical Center of the University of Munich, Munich, Germany, German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), University of Munich, Munich, Germany, NIMR-Mbeya Medical Research Programme, Mbeya, Tanzania

Elias Ntinginya

Affiliation NIMR-Mbeya Medical Research Programme, Mbeya, Tanzania

Harun Machibya

Affiliation Mbeya Regional Medical Office, Ministry of Health, Mbeya, Tanzania

Leonard Maboko

Affiliation NIMR-Mbeya Medical Research Programme, Mbeya, Tanzania

Thomas Löscher

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical Center of the University of Munich, Munich, Germany, German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), University of Munich, Munich, Germany

Gerhard Dobler

Affiliation Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Munich, Germany

Michael Hoelscher

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical Center of the University of Munich, Munich, Germany, German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), University of Munich, Munich, Germany, NIMR-Mbeya Medical Research Programme, Mbeya, Tanzania

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NH ES PC TL GD MH. Performed the experiments: NW PC IK GD. Analyzed the data: NH ES NW GD MH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ES PC EN HM LM. Wrote the paper: NH ES GD PC. Acquisition of funding: MH NH. Supervision of acquisition of data: NH ES PC EN HM LM GD.