About the Authors
- Christa Kasang
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Affiliation Institute of Virology and Immunobiology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- Samuel Kalluvya
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Affiliations Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania, BUCHS, Mwanza, Tanzania
- Charles Majinge
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Affiliation Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania
- August Stich
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Affiliation Medical Mission Institute, Würzburg, Germany
- Jochen Bodem
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Affiliation Institute of Virology and Immunobiology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- Gilbert Kongola
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Affiliation BUCHS, Mwanza, Tanzania
- Graeme B. Jacobs
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Affiliation Institute of Virology and Immunobiology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- Mathias Mlewa
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Affiliation Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania
- Miriam Mildner
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Affiliation Institute of Virology and Immunobiology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- Irina Hensel
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Affiliation Institute of Virology and Immunobiology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- Anne Horn
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Affiliation Institute of Virology and Immunobiology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- Wolfgang Preiser
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Affiliation Division of Medical Virology, Department of Pathology, National Health Laboratory Service, University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa
- Gert van Zyl
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Affiliation Division of Medical Virology, Department of Pathology, National Health Laboratory Service, University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa
- Hartwig Klinker
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- Eleni Koutsilieri
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Affiliation Institute of Virology and Immunobiology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- Axel Rethwilm
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Affiliation Institute of Virology and Immunobiology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- Carsten Scheller
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* E-mail: scheller@vim.uni-wuerzburg.de
Affiliation Institute of Virology and Immunobiology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- Benedikt Weissbrich
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Affiliation Institute of Virology and Immunobiology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CS BW JB WP GvZ HK SK CM AS AR EK CK. Performed the experiments: CK GBJ MMildner IH AH. Analyzed the data: CS BW CK HK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EK BW SK CM GK HK AR CS. Wrote the paper: CS EK AR WP GvZ BW SK JB GBJ. Study conduct in the field: SK CM AS GK MMlewa. Clinical data management: CK.