About the Authors
- Andreas Leibbrandt
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* E-mail: andreas.leibbrandt@marinomed.com
Affiliation Marinomed Biotechnologie GmbH, Vienna, Austria
- Christiane Meier
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Affiliation Marinomed Biotechnologie GmbH, Vienna, Austria
- Marielle König-Schuster
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Affiliation Marinomed Biotechnologie GmbH, Vienna, Austria
- Regina Weinmüllner
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Affiliation Marinomed Biotechnologie GmbH, Vienna, Austria
- Donata Kalthoff
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Affiliation Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Bundesforschungsinstitut für Tiergesundheit, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
- Bettina Pflugfelder
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Affiliation Marinomed Biotechnologie GmbH, Vienna, Austria
- Philipp Graf
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Affiliation Marinomed Biotechnologie GmbH, Vienna, Austria
- Britta Frank-Gehrke
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Affiliation Marinomed Biotechnologie GmbH, Vienna, Austria
- Martin Beer
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Affiliation Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Bundesforschungsinstitut für Tiergesundheit, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
- Tamas Fazekas
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Affiliation St. Anna Children's Hospital, Vienna, Austria
- Hermann Unger
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Affiliation Laboratory of Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Eva Prieschl-Grassauer
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Affiliation Marinomed Biotechnologie GmbH, Vienna, Austria
- Andreas Grassauer
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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.