About the Authors

Oksana Vratskikh

Affiliation Department of Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Karin Stiasny

Affiliation Department of Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Jürgen Zlatkovic

Affiliation Department of Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Georgios Tsouchnikas

Affiliation Department of Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Johanna Jarmer

Affiliation Department of Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Urs Karrer

Current address: Cantonal Hospital Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Michael Roggendorf

Affiliation Institute for Virology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Hedwig Roggendorf

Affiliation Institute for Virology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Regina Allwinn

Affiliation Institute for Medical Virology, University Hospital Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Franz X. Heinz

franz.x.heinz@meduniwien.ac.at

Affiliation Department of Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FXH KS OV. Performed the experiments: OV JZ GT JJ. Analyzed the data: OV KS FXH JZ GT JJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: UK MR HR RA. Wrote the paper: FXH KS OV.