About the Authors

David Beauparlant

Affiliation Institute of Medical Virology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Peter Rusert

Affiliation Institute of Medical Virology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Carsten Magnus

Current address: Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zürich, Basel, Switzerland

Affiliation Institute of Medical Virology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Claus Kadelka

Affiliations Institute of Medical Virology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Jacqueline Weber

Affiliation Institute of Medical Virology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Therese Uhr

Affiliation Institute of Medical Virology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Osvaldo Zagordi

Affiliation Institute of Medical Virology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Corinna Oberle

Current address: Gilead Sciences Switzerland Sarl, Zug, Switzerland

Affiliation Institute of Medical Virology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Maria J. Duenas-Decamp

Affiliation Program in Molecular Medicine, Biotech II, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Paul R. Clapham

Affiliation Program in Molecular Medicine, Biotech II, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Karin J. Metzner

Affiliations Institute of Medical Virology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Huldrych F. Günthard

Affiliations Institute of Medical Virology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Alexandra Trkola

trkola.alexandra@virology.uzh.ch

Affiliation Institute of Medical Virology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Competing Interests

All authors including Corinna Oberle have declared that no competing interests exist. Corinna Oberle declares that the work she contributed to the current study was conducted during her PhD thesis in the group of Prof Huldrych Günthard at the University Hospital Zurich. Corinna Oberle further declares that the work is in no connection to her current appointment as a specialist for HCV at Gilead Sciences and that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: DB PR AT. Formal analysis: DB CM CK OZ PR CO KJM HFG AT. Funding acquisition: AT HFG. Investigation: DB PR AT. Methodology: DB PR AT CK CM OZ. Project administration: AT. Resources: HFG MJDD PRC. Software: OZ. Supervision: AT. Validation: DB PR AT KJM HFG. Visualization: DB CK CM. Writing – original draft: DB AT. Writing – review & editing: DB PR CM CK JW TU CO OZ MJDD PRC KJM HFG AT.