About the Authors

Judith H. Aberle

judith.aberle@meduniwien.ac.at

Affiliation Department of Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Julia Schwaiger

Affiliation Department of Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Stephan W. Aberle

Affiliation Department of Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Karin Stiasny

Affiliation Department of Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Ondrej Scheinost

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Hospital České Budĕjovice, České Budĕjovice, Czech Republic

Michael Kundi

Affiliation Centre for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Vaclav Chmelik

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital České Budĕjovice, České Budĕjovice, Czech Republic

Franz X. Heinz

Affiliation Department of Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JHA. Performed the experiments: JS JHA KS. Analyzed the data: JHA KS MK SWA FXH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OS VC JS MK. Wrote the paper: JHA SWA JS KS MK FXH.