About the Authors

Thomas Harwardt

† Deceased.

Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Simone Lukas

Current Address: Pieris Pharmaceuticals GmbH, Freising, Germany

Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Marion Zenger

Current Address: Department of Anesthesia, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Tobias Reitberger

Current Address: Clinic for Anesthesia, Intensive Medicine and Pain Therapy, St. Vinzenz Hospital, Cologne, Germany

Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Daniela Danzer

Current Address: Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Asklepios Medical Center, Bad Abbach, Germany

Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Theresa Übner

Current Address: Institut Virion\Serion GmbH, Würzburg, Germany

Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Diane C. Munday

Affiliation Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom

Michael Nevels

mmn3@st-andrews.ac.uk (MN); cp212@st-andrews.ac.uk (CP)

‡ MN and CP are joint senior authors of this work.

Affiliations Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany, Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom

Christina Paulus

mmn3@st-andrews.ac.uk (MN); cp212@st-andrews.ac.uk (CP)

‡ MN and CP are joint senior authors of this work.

Affiliations Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany, Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MN CP. Performed the experiments: TH SL MZ TR DD TÜ CP. Analyzed the data: TH SL MZ TR DD TÜ CP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DCM. Wrote the paper: MN CP.