About the Authors

Sabrina Weißmüller

Affiliation Junior Research Group „Novel Vaccination Strategies and Early Immune Responses”, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Germany

Stefanie Kronhart

Affiliation Junior Research Group „Novel Vaccination Strategies and Early Immune Responses”, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Germany

Dorothea Kreuz

Affiliation Division of Immunology, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Germany

Barbara Schnierle

Affiliation Division of Virology, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Germany

Ulrich Kalinke

Affiliation Institute of Experimental Infection Research, TWINCORE, Centre of Experimental and Clinical Infection Research—a joint venture between the Hannover Medical School (MHH) and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Hannover, Germany

Jörg Kirberg

Affiliation Division of Immunology, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Germany

Kay-Martin Hanschmann

Affiliation Division of Biostatistics, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Germany

Zoe Waibler

zoe.waibler@pei.de

Affiliation Junior Research Group „Novel Vaccination Strategies and Early Immune Responses”, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZW. Performed the experiments: SW SK DK. Analyzed the data: SW ZW. Wrote the paper: ZW. Performed statistical analysis: KM-H. Reviewed the manuscript: BS UK JK.