About the Authors
- Mario Weinhold
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Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Hygiene, Department of Infection Immunology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Martin Eisenblätter
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Current address: synlab Medizinisches Versorgungszentrum, Berlin, Germany
Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Hygiene, Department of Infection Immunology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Edith Jasny
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Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Hygiene, Department of Infection Immunology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Michael Fehlings
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Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Hygiene, Department of Infection Immunology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Antje Finke
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Affiliation Robert Koch-Institute, Berlin, Germany
- Hermine Gayum
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Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Hygiene, Department of Infection Immunology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Ursula Rüschendorf
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Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Hygiene, Department of Infection Immunology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Pablo Renner Viveros
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Affiliations Institute of Microbiology and Hygiene, Department of Infection Immunology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Verena Moos
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Affiliation Medical Clinic I, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
- Kristina Allers
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Affiliation Medical Clinic I, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
- Thomas Schneider
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Affiliation Medical Clinic I, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
- Ulrich E. Schaible
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Affiliation Research Center Borstel, Department of Molecular Infection Research, Borstel, Germany
- Ralf R. Schumann
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Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Hygiene, Department of Infection Immunology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Martin E. Mielke
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Affiliation Robert Koch-Institute, Berlin, Germany
- Ralf Ignatius
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* E-mail: ralf.ignatius@charite.de
Affiliations Institute of Microbiology and Hygiene, Department of Infection Immunology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: ME EJ VM KA TS UES RRS MEM RI. Performed the experiments: MW ME EJ MF AF HG UR PRV. Analyzed the data: MW ME EJ UR PRV RRS RI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MEM. Wrote the paper: MW, ME EJ MF VM KA TS UES RRS MEM RI.