About the Authors

André Berger

Affiliation Division of Medical Biotechnology, Paul-Ehrlich-Institute, Langen, Germany

Andreas F. R. Sommer

Contributed equally to this work with: Andreas F. R. Sommer, Jenny Zwarg

Affiliation Research Group “Host-Pathogen Interactions”, Paul-Ehrlich-Institute, Langen, Germany

Jenny Zwarg

Contributed equally to this work with: Andreas F. R. Sommer, Jenny Zwarg

Affiliation Division of Medical Biotechnology, Paul-Ehrlich-Institute, Langen, Germany

Matthias Hamdorf

Affiliation Research Group “Host-Pathogen Interactions”, Paul-Ehrlich-Institute, Langen, Germany

Karin Welzel

Affiliation Division of Medical Biotechnology, Paul-Ehrlich-Institute, Langen, Germany

Nicole Esly

Affiliation Research Group “Host-Pathogen Interactions”, Paul-Ehrlich-Institute, Langen, Germany

Sylvia Panitz

Affiliation Division of Medical Biotechnology, Paul-Ehrlich-Institute, Langen, Germany

Andreas Reuter

Affiliation Division of Allergology, Paul-Ehrlich-Institute, Langen, Germany

Irene Ramos

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Asavari Jatiani

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Lubbertus C. F. Mulder

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Ana Fernandez-Sesma

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, The Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Frank Rutsch

Affiliation Department of General Pediatrics, Münster University Children's Hospital, Münster, Germany

Viviana Simon

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, The Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Renate König

renate.koenig@pei.de (RK); egbert.flory@pei.de (EF)

Affiliations Research Group “Host-Pathogen Interactions”, Paul-Ehrlich-Institute, Langen, Germany, Infectious & Inflammatory Disease Center, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Egbert Flory

renate.koenig@pei.de (RK); egbert.flory@pei.de (EF)

Affiliation Division of Medical Biotechnology, Paul-Ehrlich-Institute, Langen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AB VS AFS LCFM RK EF. Performed the experiments: AB AFRS JZ MH KW NE SP AR AJ IR VS. Analyzed the data: AB AFRS JZ MH AR VS RK EF AFS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FR AR LCFM AFS. Wrote the paper: AB AFRS MH VS AFS LCFM RK EF.