About the Authors

Saskia L. Smits

Affiliation Department of Virology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Anna de Lang

Affiliation Department of Virology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Judith M. A. van den Brand

Affiliation Department of Virology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Lonneke M. Leijten

Affiliation Department of Virology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Wilfred F. van IJcken

Affiliation Erasmus Center for Biomics, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Marinus J. C. Eijkemans

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Geert van Amerongen

Affiliation Department of Virology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Thijs Kuiken

Affiliation Department of Virology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Arno C. Andeweg

Affiliation Department of Virology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus

Affiliation Department of Virology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Bart L. Haagmans

b.haagmans@erasmusmc.nl

Affiliation Department of Virology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SLS BLH. Performed the experiments: SLS AdL JMAvdB LML GvA. Analyzed the data: SLS MJCE TK ACA BLH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WFvI TK ACA ADMEO. Wrote the paper: SLS BLH.