About the Authors

Bastian Hatesuer

Contributed equally to this work with: Bastian Hatesuer, Stephanie Bertram, Nora Mehnert

Affiliation Department of Infection Genetics, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Braunschweig, Germany, and University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Stephanie Bertram

Contributed equally to this work with: Bastian Hatesuer, Stephanie Bertram, Nora Mehnert

Affiliation Infection Biology Unit, German Primate Center, Göttingen, Germany

Nora Mehnert

Contributed equally to this work with: Bastian Hatesuer, Stephanie Bertram, Nora Mehnert

Affiliation Department of Infection Genetics, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Braunschweig, Germany, and University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Mahmoud M. Bahgat

Affiliation Department of Infection Genetics, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Braunschweig, Germany, and University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Peter S. Nelson

Affiliation Divisons of Human Biology and Clinical Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Stefan Pöhlman

SP and KS also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Infection Biology Unit, German Primate Center, Göttingen, Germany

Klaus Schughart

klaus.schughart@helmholtz-hzi.de

SP and KS also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Infection Genetics, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Braunschweig, Germany, and University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SP KS PSN BH. Performed the experiments: BH NM SB. Analyzed the data: SP KS NM SB BH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PSN. Wrote the paper: SP KS. Established the ELISA for detection of anti-influenza IgG: MMB.