About the Authors

Mira Schroten

Affiliations Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany, Institute of Biochemistry II, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany

Franz-Georg Hanisch

Affiliation Institute of Biochemistry II, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany

Natascha Quednau

Affiliation Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

Carolin Stump

Affiliation Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

Roland Riebe

Affiliation Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Institute of Infectology, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany

Matthias Lenk

Affiliation Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Institute of Infectology, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany

Hartwig Wolburg

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Tobias Tenenbaum

Affiliation Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

Christian Schwerk

christian.schwerk@medma.uni-heidelberg.de

Affiliation Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS RR ML TT C. Schwerk. Performed the experiments: MS NQ C. Stump RR ML HW. Analyzed the data: MS F-GH NQ C. Stump RR ML HW TT C. Schwerk. Wrote the paper: MS C. Schwerk.