About the Authors

Jaishri Mehraj

Jaishri.Mehraj@helmholtz-hzi.de

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany, Hanover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Manas K. Akmatov

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany, TWINCORE Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research, Hannover, Germany

Julia Strömpl

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

Anja Gatzemeier

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

Franziska Layer

Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, Wernigerode, Germany

Guido Werner

Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, Wernigerode, Germany

Dietmar H. Pieper

Affiliation Microbial Interactions and Processes Research Group, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

Eva Medina

Affiliation Infection Immunology Research Group, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

Wolfgang Witte

Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, Wernigerode, Germany

Frank Pessler

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany, TWINCORE Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research, Hannover, Germany

Gérard Krause

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany, Hanover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MA FP JM GK WW EM DP. Performed the experiments: JM MA JS AG. Analyzed the data: JM FL WW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GK WW GW DP. Wrote the paper: JM GK MA FP WW GW EM DP.