About the Authors

Juliane Gentzsch

Current address: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Affiliation Institute of Experimental Virology, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research; a joint venture between the Medical School Hannover (MHH) and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Hannover, Germany

Christiane Brohm

Affiliation Institute of Experimental Virology, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research; a joint venture between the Medical School Hannover (MHH) and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Hannover, Germany

Eike Steinmann

Affiliation Institute of Experimental Virology, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research; a joint venture between the Medical School Hannover (MHH) and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Hannover, Germany

Martina Friesland

Affiliation Institute of Experimental Virology, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research; a joint venture between the Medical School Hannover (MHH) and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Hannover, Germany

Nicolas Menzel

Affiliation Institute of Experimental Virology, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research; a joint venture between the Medical School Hannover (MHH) and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Hannover, Germany

Gabrielle Vieyres

Affiliation Institute of Experimental Virology, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research; a joint venture between the Medical School Hannover (MHH) and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Hannover, Germany

Paula Monteiro Perin

Affiliation Institute of Experimental Virology, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research; a joint venture between the Medical School Hannover (MHH) and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Hannover, Germany

Anne Frentzen

Affiliation Institute of Experimental Virology, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research; a joint venture between the Medical School Hannover (MHH) and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Hannover, Germany

Lars Kaderali

Affiliation Institute for Medical Informatics and Biometry, Medical Faculty, University of Technology Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Thomas Pietschmann

thomas.pietschmann@twincore.de

Affiliation Institute of Experimental Virology, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research; a joint venture between the Medical School Hannover (MHH) and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Hannover, Germany

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: TP received consulting fees from Biotest AG and from Janssen Global Services, LLC. This does not alter our adherence to all PLoS Pathogens policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JG TP GV CB. Performed the experiments: JG GV PMP CB MF NM AF. Analyzed the data: JG LK TP CB GV PMP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CB MF ES NM AF. Wrote the paper: JG GV TP.