About the Authors

Sascha Barabas

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Regensburg, Germany

Regina Gary

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, University of Erlangen-Nuernberg, Germany

Tanja Bauer

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Regensburg, Germany

Juha Lindner

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Regensburg, Germany

Petra Lindner

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Regensburg, Germany

Birgit Weinberger

Affiliation Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria

Wolfgang Jilg

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Regensburg, Germany

Hans Wolf

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Regensburg, Germany

Ludwig Deml

ludwig.deml@klinik.uni-r.de

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Regensburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SB HW LD. Performed the experiments: SB RG TB JL BW. Analyzed the data: SB RG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PL WJ. Wrote the paper: SB JL LD.