About the Authors

Heimo Lagler

Affiliation Department of Medicine I, Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Wolfgang Poeppl

Affiliations Department of Medicine I, Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Department of Dermatology and Tropical Medicine, Military Hospital Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Heidi Winkler

Affiliation Department of Medicine I, Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Harald Herkner

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Angelus Faas

Affiliation Institute for Medical Support, Military Hospital Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Gerhard Mooseder

Affiliation Department of Dermatology and Tropical Medicine, Military Hospital Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Heinz Burgmann

heinz.burgmann@meduniwien.ac.at

Affiliation Department of Medicine I, Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HL WP AF GM HB. Performed the experiments: HL WP HW AF GH. Analyzed the data: HH HB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HL WP HH AF GH HB. Wrote the paper: HL WP HB.