About the Authors

Miriam Bolz

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

Marie-Thérèse Ruf

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

Meret E. Ricklin

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

Gert Zimmer

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

Gerd Pluschke

gerd.pluschke@unibas.ch

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 MER GZ GP. Performed the experiments: MB NR MTR GZ. Analyzed the data: MB MTR GP. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MB MTR GZ GP.