About the Authors

Janina Schweer

Affiliation Department of Molecular Infection Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

Devesha Kulkarni

Affiliation Department of Experimental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

Annika Kochut

Affiliation Department of Molecular Infection Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

Joern Pezoldt

Affiliation Department of Experimental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

Fabio Pisano

Affiliation Department of Molecular Infection Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

Marina C. Pils

Affiliation Mouse Pathology, Animal Experimental Unit, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

Harald Genth

Affiliation Institute for Toxicology, Medical School Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Jochen Huehn

Affiliation Department of Experimental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

Petra Dersch

petra.dersch@helmholtz-hzi.de

Affiliation Department of Molecular Infection Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JS DK AK PD. Performed the experiments: JS DK JP MCP. Analyzed the data: JS DK AK JP FP MCP PD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HG JH. Wrote the paper: JS PD.