About the Authors
- Matthias Klein
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Contributed equally to this work with: Matthias Klein, Matthijs C. Brouwer, Diederik van de Beek, Uwe Koedel
* E-mail: matthias.klein@med.uni-muenchen.de
Affiliation Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
- Matthijs C. Brouwer
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Contributed equally to this work with: Matthias Klein, Matthijs C. Brouwer, Diederik van de Beek, Uwe Koedel
Affiliations Department of Neurology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Center of Infection and Immunity Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Barbara Angele
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
- Madelijn Geldhoff
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Affiliations Department of Neurology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Center of Infection and Immunity Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Gabriel Marquez
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Affiliation Genetrix, Madrid, Spain
- Rosa Varona
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Affiliation Departamento de Immunologia y Oncologia, Centro National de Biotecnologia, Madrid, Spain
- Georg Häcker
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Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Helga Schmetzer
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Affiliation Medical Department III, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
- Hans Häcker
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
- Sven Hammerschmidt
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Affiliation Department Genetics of Microorganisms, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
- Arie van der Ende
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Affiliations Center of Infection and Immunity Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Hans-Walter Pfister
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
- Diederik van de Beek
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Contributed equally to this work with: Matthias Klein, Matthijs C. Brouwer, Diederik van de Beek, Uwe Koedel
Affiliations Department of Neurology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Center of Infection and Immunity Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Uwe Koedel
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Contributed equally to this work with: Matthias Klein, Matthijs C. Brouwer, Diederik van de Beek, Uwe Koedel
Affiliation Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
Competing Interests
Georg Häcker, Co-Author of the manuscript, serves as editor of PLOS ONE. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. Furthermore, as the authors have stated, Gabriel Marquez is employed by a commercial company (Genetrix, Plaza de la Encina, Madrid, Spain). This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MK UK DB MB. Performed the experiments: MK MB BA MG AE HP DB UK. Analyzed the data: MK UK MB DB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GB RV GH HS HH SH GM. Wrote the paper: MK MB DB UK.