About the Authors

Micha Loebermann

micha.loebermann@uni-rostock.de

Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Nephrology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

Ulrich Voss

Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Nephrology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

Seetha Meyer

Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics GmbH, Marburg, Germany

Dietrich Bosse

Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics GmbH, Marburg, Germany

Carlos Fritzsche

Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Nephrology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

Sebastian Klammt

Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Nephrology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

Silvius Frimmel

Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Nephrology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

Diana Riebold

Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Nephrology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

Emil C. Reisinger

Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Nephrology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

Competing Interests

This study was funded by Novartis Vaccines, the employer of SM and DB. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products other than those described in the manuscript. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ML SM DB ECR. Performed the experiments: ML UV CF SK SF DR ECR. Analyzed the data: ML UV DB ECR. Wrote the paper: ML UV ECR.