About the Authors

Eva-K. Pauli

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Virology (IMV), Centre of Molecular Biology of Inflammation (ZMBE), WWU Muenster, Germany

Mirco Schmolke

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Virology (IMV), Centre of Molecular Biology of Inflammation (ZMBE), WWU Muenster, Germany

Thorsten Wolff

Affiliation Robert-Koch-Institute (RKI), Berlin, Germany

Dorothee Viemann

Affiliations Institute of Immunology and Department of Pediatrics, WWU Muenster, Germany, Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research (IZKF), UKM Muenster, Germany

Johannes Roth

Affiliations Institute of Immunology and Department of Pediatrics, WWU Muenster, Germany, Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research (IZKF), UKM Muenster, Germany

Johannes G. Bode

Affiliation Clinic for Gastroenterology, Hepatology und Infectiology, HHU Düsseldorf, Germany

Stephan Ludwig

ludwigs@uni-muenster.de

Affiliations Institute of Molecular Virology (IMV), Centre of Molecular Biology of Inflammation (ZMBE), WWU Muenster, Germany, Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research (IZKF), UKM Muenster, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EKP MS SL. Performed the experiments: EKP. Analyzed the data: EKP SL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TW DV JR JGB. Wrote the paper: EKP SL.