About the Authors

Kirsten K. Dietze

kirsten.dietze@uni-due.de

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

Gennadiy Zelinskyy

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

Jia Liu

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

Freya Kretzmer

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

Simone Schimmer

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

Ulf Dittmer

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KKD GZ JL UD. Performed the experiments: KKD FK SS. Analyzed the data: KKD GZ JL UD. Wrote the paper: KKD UD.