About the Authors

Hagen Frickmann

Frickmann@bni-hamburg.de

Affiliations Department of Tropical Medicine at the Bernhard Nocht Institute, German Armed Forces Hospital of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, Institute for Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

Martin Christner

Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Hospital Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Martina Donat

Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

Anja Berger

Affiliation Bavarian Food and Health Authority, Oberschleissheim, Germany

Andreas Essig

Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Andreas Podbielski

Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

Ralf Matthias Hagen

Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine at the Bernhard Nocht Institute, German Armed Forces Hospital of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Sven Poppert

Affiliation Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HF AB AE AP RMH SP. Performed the experiments: HF MC MD. Analyzed the data: HF MC MD AE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MC MD AE AP RMH SP. Wrote the paper: HF MC MD AB AE AP RMH SP.