About the Authors

Marine L. B. Hillaire

Affiliation Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Martin van Eijk

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Stella E. van Trierum

Affiliation Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Debby van Riel

Affiliation Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Xavier Saelens

Affiliations Department for Molecular Biomedical Research, VIB, Ghent, Belgium, Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Roland A. Romijn

Affiliation U-Protein Express B.V., Science Park Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Wieger Hemrika

Affiliation U-Protein Express B.V., Science Park Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Ron A. M. Fouchier

Affiliation Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Thijs Kuiken

Affiliation Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus

Affiliations Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Viroclinics Biosciences BV, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Henk P. Haagsman

g.rimmelzwaan@erasmusmc.nl (GFR); H.P.Haagsman@uu.nl (HPH)

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Guus F. Rimmelzwaan

g.rimmelzwaan@erasmusmc.nl (GFR); H.P.Haagsman@uu.nl (HPH)

Affiliations Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Viroclinics Biosciences BV, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Wieger Hemrika and Roland A. P. Romijn are employed by U-Protein Express B.V. Guus F. Rimmelzwaan is employed part-time by Viroclinics Biosciences B.V. as a consultant. Albert D.M.E. Osterhaus is employed part-time by Viroclinics Biosciences B.V. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MLBH MvE HPH GFR. Performed the experiments: MLBH MvE SEvT. Analyzed the data: MLBH MvE SEvT GFR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MvE DvR XS RAR WH TK. Wrote the paper: MLBH MvE RAMF ADMEO HPH GFR.