About the Authors

Marianne Wedde

WeddeM@rki.de

Affiliation Robert Koch-Institut, National Reference Centre for Influenza, Berlin, Germany

Stephanie Wählisch

Affiliation Robert Koch-Institut, National Reference Centre for Influenza, Berlin, Germany

Thorsten Wolff

Affiliation Robert Koch-Institut, National Reference Centre for Influenza, Berlin, Germany

Brunhilde Schweiger

Affiliation Robert Koch-Institut, National Reference Centre for Influenza, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MW BS. Performed the experiments: SW. Analyzed the data: MW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BS TW. Wrote the paper: MW.