About the Authors

Silvio D. Brugger

silvio.brugger@ifik.unibe.ch

Affiliation Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Christian Baumberger

Affiliation Bern University of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Information Technology, Burgdorf, Switzerland

Marcel Jost

Affiliation Bern University of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Information Technology, Burgdorf, Switzerland

Werner Jenni

Affiliation Bern University of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Information Technology, Burgdorf, Switzerland

Urs Brugger

Affiliation Bern University of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Information Technology, Burgdorf, Switzerland

Kathrin Mühlemann

Affiliations Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SDB WJ UWB KM. Performed the experiments: SDB CB MJ. Analyzed the data: SDB CB MJ WJ UWB KM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WJ UWB KM. Wrote the paper: SDB CB WJ UWB KM.