About the Authors

Julie Delaloye

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Thierry Roger

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Quynh-Giao Steiner-Tardivel

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Didier Le Roy

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Marlies Knaup Reymond

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Shizuo Akira

Affiliation Department of Host Defense, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Virginie Petrilli

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Switzerland

Carmen E. Gomez

Affiliation Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CSIC, Ciudad Universitaria Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain

Beatriz Perdiguero

Affiliation Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CSIC, Ciudad Universitaria Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain

Jürg Tschopp

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Switzerland

Giuseppe Pantaleo

Affiliation Laboratory of AIDS Immunopathogenesis, Immunology and Allergology Service, Department of Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Mariano Esteban

Affiliation Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CSIC, Ciudad Universitaria Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain

Thierry Calandra

Thierry.Calandra@chuv.ch

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JD TR QGST TC. Performed the experiments: JD DLR MKR. Analyzed the data: JD TR QGST DLR TC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JD TR QGST SA VP CEG BP JT GP ME TC. Wrote the paper: JD TR ME TC.