About the Authors

Angela Schuster

schuster_angela@gmx.de

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Hygiene, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Hannah Lesshafft

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Hygiene, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Sinésio Talhari

Affiliation Foundation for Tropical Medicine in Amazonia (FMT-AM), Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

Silás Guedes de Oliveira

Affiliation Foundation for Tropical Medicine in Amazonia (FMT-AM), Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

Ralf Ignatius

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Hermann Feldmeier

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Hygiene, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AS HL HF. Performed the experiments: AS HL. Analyzed the data: AS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AS HL ST SGO. Wrote the paper: AS. Revised the manuscript: HL HF RI ST SGO.