About the Authors

Tassili A. F. Weehuizen

t.a.weehuizen@amc.uva.nl (TAFW); w.j.wiersinga@amc.uva.nl (WJW)

Affiliations Center for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA), Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine (CEMM), Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Joann L. Prior

Affiliation Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kingdom

Thomas W. van der Vaart

Affiliations Center for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA), Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine (CEMM), Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Sarah A. Ngugi

Affiliation Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kingdom

Sergey A. Nepogodiev

Affiliation John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, United Kingdom

Robert A. Field

Affiliation John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, United Kingdom

Liesbeth M. Kager

Affiliations Center for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA), Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine (CEMM), Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Cornelis van ‘t Veer

Affiliations Center for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA), Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine (CEMM), Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Alex F. de Vos

Affiliations Center for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA), Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine (CEMM), Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

W. Joost Wiersinga

t.a.weehuizen@amc.uva.nl (TAFW); w.j.wiersinga@amc.uva.nl (WJW)

Affiliations Center for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA), Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine (CEMM), Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TAFW JP LK WJW. Performed the experiments: TAFW JP TWV S. Ngugi S. Nepogodiev RF. Analyzed the data: TAFW JP TWV S. Ngugi S. Nepogodiev RF LK AV CV WJW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JP S. Ngugi S. Nepogodiev RF. Wrote the paper: TAFW JP TWV S. Ngugi S. Nepogodiev RF LK AV CV WJW.