About the Authors

Stefan Magez

Affiliations Division of Immunology, Institute for Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine (IIDMM), Health Science Faculty, University of Cape Town, and International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Cape Town, South Africa, Department of Molecular and Cellular Recognition, VIB, Brussels, Belgium, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium

Anita Schwegmann

Affiliation Division of Immunology, Institute for Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine (IIDMM), Health Science Faculty, University of Cape Town, and International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Cape Town, South Africa

Robert Atkinson

Affiliation Division of Immunology, Institute for Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine (IIDMM), Health Science Faculty, University of Cape Town, and International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Cape Town, South Africa

Filip Claes

Affiliation Laboratory of Serology, Institute for Tropical Medicine “Prins Leopold”, Antwerpen, Belgium

Michael Drennan

Affiliations Division of Immunology, Institute for Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine (IIDMM), Health Science Faculty, University of Cape Town, and International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Cape Town, South Africa, Department of Molecular and Cellular Recognition, VIB, Brussels, Belgium

Patrick De Baetselier

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Cellular Recognition, VIB, Brussels, Belgium, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium

Frank Brombacher

fbrombac@mweb.co.za

Affiliation Division of Immunology, Institute for Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine (IIDMM), Health Science Faculty, University of Cape Town, and International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Cape Town, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SM RA FB. Performed the experiments: SM AS RA FC MD. Analyzed the data: SM AS RA FC MD FB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SM PDB FB. Wrote the paper: SM AS PDB FB.