About the Authors

Marc Nischang

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital of Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Roger Sutmuller

Affiliation Tibotec BVBA, Beerse, Belgium

Gustavo Gers-Huber

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital of Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Annette Audigé

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital of Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Duo Li

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital of Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Mary-Aude Rochat

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital of Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Stefan Baenziger

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital of Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Ursula Hofer

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital of Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Erika Schlaepfer

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital of Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Stephan Regenass

Affiliation Clinical Immunology, University Hospital of Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Katie Amssoms

Affiliation Tibotec BVBA, Beerse, Belgium

Bart Stoops

Affiliation Tibotec BVBA, Beerse, Belgium

Anja Van Cauwenberge

Affiliation Tibotec BVBA, Beerse, Belgium

Daniel Boden

Affiliation Tibotec BVBA, Beerse, Belgium

Guenter Kraus

Affiliation Tibotec BVBA, Beerse, Belgium

Roberto F. Speck

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.