About the Authors

Miriam Bolz

Current address: Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Nicolas Ruggli

Affiliation Institute of Virology and Immunology (IVI), Mittelhäusern, Switzerland

Nicole Borel

Affiliation Institute of Veterinary Pathology, University of Zurich, Vetsuisse Faculty, Zurich, Switzerland

Gerd Pluschke

gerd.pluschke@unibas.ch

Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Marie-Thérèse Ruf

Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MB NR GP MTR. Performed the experiments: MB NR MTR. Analyzed the data: MB MTR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NR NB. Wrote the paper: MB NR GP MTR.