About the Authors

Uwe Koedel

Contributed equally to this work with: Uwe Koedel, Tobias Frankenberg

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Clinic of the University of Munich, Munich, Germany

Tobias Frankenberg

Contributed equally to this work with: Uwe Koedel, Tobias Frankenberg

Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany

Susanne Kirschnek

Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany

Bianca Obermaier

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Clinic of the University of Munich, Munich, Germany

Hans Häcker

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Robert Paul

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Clinic of the University of Munich, Munich, Germany

Georg Häcker

hacker@lrz.tum.de

Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: UK GH. Performed the experiments: UK TF SK BO RP. Analyzed the data: UK TF SK BO RP GH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HH. Wrote the paper: UK GH.