About the Authors

Lilija Miller

Affiliation Robert Koch-Institut, Centre for Biological Security 1, Berlin, Germany

Marco Richter

Affiliation Robert Koch-Institut, Centre for Biological Security 1, Berlin, Germany

Christoph Hapke

Affiliation Robert Koch-Institut, Centre for Biological Security 1, Berlin, Germany

Daniel Stern

Affiliation Robert Koch-Institut, Centre for Biological Security 1, Berlin, Germany

Andreas Nitsche

NitscheA@rki.de

Affiliation Robert Koch-Institut, Centre for Biological Security 1, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LM AN. Performed the experiments: LM MR CH. Analyzed the data: LM MR CH DS AN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LM DS AN. Wrote the paper: LM AN.