About the Authors

Cornelia A. M. van de Weg

Contributed equally to this work with: Cornelia A. M. van de Weg, Ralph M. H. G. Huits

Affiliation Department of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Ralph M. H. G. Huits

Contributed equally to this work with: Cornelia A. M. van de Weg, Ralph M. H. G. Huits

Affiliation Emergency Department and Department of Internal Medicine, Dr. Horacio E. Oduber Hospitaal, Oranjestad, Aruba

Cláudio S. Pannuti

Affiliation Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo e Departamento de Moléstias Infecciosas e Parasitárias (LIM-52), Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Rosalba M. Brouns

Affiliation Landslaboratorium, Oranjestad, Aruba

Riemsdijk W. A. van den Berg

Affiliation Landslaboratorium, Oranjestad, Aruba

Henk-Jan van den Ham

Affiliation Department of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Byron E. E. Martina

Affiliation Department of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus

Affiliation Department of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Mihai G. Netea

Affiliation Department of Experimental Internal Medicine, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Joost C. M. Meijers

Affiliation Department of Experimental Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Eric C. M. van Gorp

e.vangorp@erasmusmc.nl

ECMvG and EGK also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Esper G. Kallas

ECMvG and EGK also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Disciplina de Imunologia Clínica e Alergia (LIM-60), Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

None of the listed authors declare conflict of interest apart from ADMEO who is a part time employee of Viroclinics BV (for details go to www.erasmusmc.nl). The stated competing interest does not alter the author's adherence to the policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CAMvdW RMHGH EGK. Performed the experiments: CAMvdW RMHGH CSP RMB RWAvdB MGN JCMM EGK. Analyzed the data: CAMvdW HJvdH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CSP RWAvdB BEEM ADMEO MGN JCMM. Wrote the paper: CAMvdW HJvdH ECMvG EGK.