About the Authors

Yifat Eldar-Yedidia

Affiliation Research Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, affiliated to the Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel

Maskit Bar-Meir

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

Miriam Hillel

Affiliation Research Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, affiliated to the Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel

Guila Abitbol

Affiliation Research Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, affiliated to the Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel

Eti Broide

Affiliation Microbiology @ Immunology laboratories, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

Roni Falk

Affiliation Microbiology @ Immunology laboratories, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

Marc Assous

Affiliation Microbiology @ Immunology laboratories, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

Yechiel Schlesinger

yechiel@szmc.org.il

Affiliations Research Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, affiliated to the Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel, Department of Pediatrics, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YS YEY. Performed the experiments: MH GA EB RF YEY. Analyzed the data: MBM YEY YS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MA. Wrote the paper: YS YEY MBM.