About the Authors

Ramona Hurdayal

Contributed equally to this work with: Ramona Hurdayal, Natalie E. Nieuwenhuizen

Affiliation International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Cape Town Component and Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine (IIDMM), Division of Immunology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Natalie E. Nieuwenhuizen

Contributed equally to this work with: Ramona Hurdayal, Natalie E. Nieuwenhuizen

Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Department Immunology, Berlin, Germany

Mélanie Revaz-Breton

Affiliation International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Cape Town Component and Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine (IIDMM), Division of Immunology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Liezel Smith

Affiliation Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Jennifer C. Hoving

Affiliation International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Cape Town Component and Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine (IIDMM), Division of Immunology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Suraj P. Parihar

Affiliation International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Cape Town Component and Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine (IIDMM), Division of Immunology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Boris Reizis

Affiliation Columbia University Medical Center, Department of Microbiology, New York, New York, United States of America

Frank Brombacher

frank.brombacher@ICGEB.org, frank.brombacher@uct.ac.za

Affiliation International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Cape Town Component and Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine (IIDMM), Division of Immunology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RH NEN FB. Performed the experiments: RH NEN MRB LS JCH SPP. Analyzed the data: RH NEN FB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BR. Wrote the paper: RH NEN FB.