About the Authors

Tobias Wiedemann

Affiliation Max-von-Pettenkofer-Institute for Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany

Eva Loell

Affiliation Max-von-Pettenkofer-Institute for Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany

Susanna Mueller

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany

Mechthild Stoeckelhuber

Affiliation Institute of Anatomy, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany

Manfred Stolte

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Klinikum Bayreuth GmbH, Bayreuth, Germany

Rainer Haas

Affiliation Max-von-Pettenkofer-Institute for Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany

Gabriele Rieder

rieder@mvp.uni-muenchen.de

Affiliation Max-von-Pettenkofer-Institute for Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GR. Performed the experiments: TW EL MStoeckelhuber. Analyzed the data: TW EL SM MStoeckelhuber MStolte GR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SM MStoeckelhuber MStolte RH. Wrote the paper: RH GR.