About the Authors

Saskia Schmidt

Contributed equally to this work with: Saskia Schmidt, J. Claire Hoving

Affiliation International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) and Division of Immunology, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine (IIDMM), Health Science Faculty, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

J. Claire Hoving

Contributed equally to this work with: Saskia Schmidt, J. Claire Hoving

Affiliation International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) and Division of Immunology, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine (IIDMM), Health Science Faculty, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

William G. C. Horsnell

Affiliation International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) and Division of Immunology, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine (IIDMM), Health Science Faculty, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Helen Mearns

Affiliation International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) and Division of Immunology, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine (IIDMM), Health Science Faculty, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Antony J. Cutler

Affiliation International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) and Division of Immunology, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine (IIDMM), Health Science Faculty, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Tiroyaone M. Brombacher

Affiliation International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) and Division of Immunology, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine (IIDMM), Health Science Faculty, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Frank Brombacher

fbrombac@mweb.co.za

Affiliation International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) and Division of Immunology, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine (IIDMM), Health Science Faculty, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS JCH WGCH AJC FB. Performed the experiments: SS JCH HM. Analyzed the data: SS JCH TMB. Wrote the paper: SS JCH WGCH FB.