About the Authors

Martina Bielaszewska

Contributed equally to this work with: Martina Bielaszewska, Christian Rüter

mbiela@uni-muenster.de

Affiliation Institute of Hygiene, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Christian Rüter

Contributed equally to this work with: Martina Bielaszewska, Christian Rüter

Affiliation Institute of Infectiology, Center for Molecular Biology of Inflammation (ZMBE), University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Lisa Kunsmann

Affiliation Institute of Hygiene, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Lilo Greune

Affiliation Institute of Infectiology, Center for Molecular Biology of Inflammation (ZMBE), University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Andreas Bauwens

Affiliation Institute of Hygiene, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Wenlan Zhang

Affiliation Institute of Hygiene, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Thorsten Kuczius

Affiliation Institute of Hygiene, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Kwang Sik Kim

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Alexander Mellmann

Affiliation Institute of Hygiene, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

M. Alexander Schmidt

Affiliation Institute of Infectiology, Center for Molecular Biology of Inflammation (ZMBE), University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Helge Karch

Affiliation Institute of Hygiene, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MB CR AM HK MAS. Performed the experiments: MB CR LK LG WZ AB TK. Analyzed the data: MB CR LG TK AM KSK MAS WZ HK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AM AB TK KSK. Wrote the paper: MB CR MAS HK.