About the Authors

Alexander Simonis

Affiliation Institute of Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany

Sabrina Hebling

Affiliation Institute of Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany

Erich Gulbins

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Essen, Essen, Germany

Sibylle Schneider-Schaulies

Affiliation Institute for Virology and Immunbiology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany

Alexandra Schubert-Unkmeir

aunkmeir@hygiene.uni-wuerzburg.de

Affiliation Institute of Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AS ASU EG SSS. Performed the experiments: AS SH ASU. Analyzed the data: AS SH ASU SSS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EG SSS. Wrote the paper: AS ASU SSS.