About the Authors

André Maier

Contributed equally to this work with: André Maier, Nikolaus Deigendesch

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Charité-University Hospital, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany

Nikolaus Deigendesch

Contributed equally to this work with: André Maier, Nikolaus Deigendesch

Affiliation Max-Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany

Kathrin Müller

Affiliation Neurology Department, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany

Jochen H. Weishaupt

Affiliation Neurology Department, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany

Alexander Krannich

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Coordination Center for Clinical Trials, Charité-University Hospital, Berlin, Germany

Robert Röhle

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Coordination Center for Clinical Trials, Charité-University Hospital, Berlin, Germany

Felix Meissner

Affiliation Max-Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany

Kaaweh Molawi

Affiliation Max-Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany

Christoph Münch

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Charité-University Hospital, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany

Teresa Holm

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Charité-University Hospital, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany

Robert Meyer

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Charité-University Hospital, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany

Thomas Meyer

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Charité-University Hospital, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany

Arturo Zychlinsky

zychlinsky@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Max-Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ND FM K. Molawi CM TM AZ. Performed the experiments: AM ND K. Müller CM TH RM. Analyzed the data: AM ND K. Müller JW AK RR FM TM AZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: K. Müller JW AK RR. Wrote the paper: AM ND AK RR TM AZ.