About the Authors
- Lea-Maxie Haag
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Hygiene, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- André Fischer
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Hygiene, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Bettina Otto
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Hygiene, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Rita Plickert
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Hygiene, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Anja A. Kühl
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology/Research Center ImmunoSciences (RCIS), Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Ulf B. Göbel
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Hygiene, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Stefan Bereswill
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Contributed equally to this work with: Stefan Bereswill, Markus M. Heimesaat
Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Hygiene, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Markus M. Heimesaat
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Contributed equally to this work with: Stefan Bereswill, Markus M. Heimesaat
* E-mail: markus.heimesaat@charite.de
Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Hygiene, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Competing Interests
Co-authors Stefan Bereswill and Markus M. Heimesaat are PLoS ONE Editorial Board members. 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: SB AF UBG LMH MMH. Performed the experiments: AF LMH BO MMH RP. Analyzed the data: AF LMH BO AAK MMH RP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AAK. Wrote the paper: LMH SB AF AAK MMH.