About the Authors

Andreas Leibbrandt

andreas.leibbrandt@marinomed.com

Affiliation Marinomed Biotechnologie GmbH, Vienna, Austria

Christiane Meier

Affiliation Marinomed Biotechnologie GmbH, Vienna, Austria

Marielle König-Schuster

Affiliation Marinomed Biotechnologie GmbH, Vienna, Austria

Regina Weinmüllner

Affiliation Marinomed Biotechnologie GmbH, Vienna, Austria

Donata Kalthoff

Affiliation Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Bundesforschungsinstitut für Tiergesundheit, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany

Bettina Pflugfelder

Affiliation Marinomed Biotechnologie GmbH, Vienna, Austria

Philipp Graf

Affiliation Marinomed Biotechnologie GmbH, Vienna, Austria

Britta Frank-Gehrke

Affiliation Marinomed Biotechnologie GmbH, Vienna, Austria

Martin Beer

Affiliation Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Bundesforschungsinstitut für Tiergesundheit, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany

Tamas Fazekas

Affiliation St. Anna Children's Hospital, Vienna, Austria

Hermann Unger

Affiliation Laboratory of Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary University Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Eva Prieschl-Grassauer

Affiliation Marinomed Biotechnologie GmbH, Vienna, Austria

Andreas Grassauer

Affiliation Marinomed Biotechnologie GmbH, Vienna, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors AL, AG, CM, MK, RW, BP, BF, PG, and EP are employed by Marinomed. Authors HU, EP and AG are co-founders of Marinomed. AG and EP are inventors of patent # WO2009027057 held by Marinomed Biotechnologie GmbH that relates to the content of the manuscript. Marinomed Biotechnologie GmbH is financing the processing charge of this manuscript. TF has previously served as principal investigator for a clinical investigator-initiated study that was co-financed by Marinomed. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. Authors MB and DK declare no competing interests.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AL MB TF HU EPG AG. Performed the experiments: CM MKS RW DK BP PG BFG. Analyzed the data: AL MB TF EPG AG. Wrote the paper: AL MB TF HU AG.