About the Authors
- Marc Nischang
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital of Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Roger Sutmuller
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Affiliation Tibotec BVBA, Beerse, Belgium
- Gustavo Gers-Huber
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital of Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Annette Audigé
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital of Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Duo Li
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital of Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Mary-Aude Rochat
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital of Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Stefan Baenziger
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital of Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Ursula Hofer
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital of Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Erika Schlaepfer
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital of Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Stephan Regenass
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Affiliation Clinical Immunology, University Hospital of Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Katie Amssoms
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Affiliation Tibotec BVBA, Beerse, Belgium
- Bart Stoops
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Affiliation Tibotec BVBA, Beerse, Belgium
- Anja Van Cauwenberge
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Affiliation Tibotec BVBA, Beerse, Belgium
- Daniel Boden
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Affiliation Tibotec BVBA, Beerse, Belgium
- Guenter Kraus
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Affiliation Tibotec BVBA, Beerse, Belgium
- Roberto F. Speck
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* E-mail: roberto.speck@usz.ch
Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital of Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Competing Interests
The following authors are employees from Tibotec BVBA, Belgium: KA, BS, AvC, GK, DB and RS. The laboratory from RFS has been financially supported by Tibotec BVBA; in addition, Tibotec BVBA provided reagents to the laboratory of RFS and performed a number of assays in the context of the collaboration between the laboratory of RFS and Tibotec BVBA. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MN DB GK RS RFS. Performed the experiments: MN GGH AA DL MAR SB UH ES SR KA BS. Analyzed the data: MN BS GK DB RS RFS. Wrote the paper: MN RFS. Provided key reagents: KA AvC.