About the Authors

Wali Hafezi

Contributed equally to this work with: Wali Hafezi, Eva U. Lorentzen

Affiliations University Hospital Münster, Institute of Medical Microbiology - Clinical Virology, Münster, Germany, Interdisciplinary Center of Clinical Research (IZKF), Münster, Germany

Eva U. Lorentzen

Contributed equally to this work with: Wali Hafezi, Eva U. Lorentzen

Affiliation University Hospital Münster, Institute of Medical Microbiology - Clinical Virology, Münster, Germany

Bodo R. Eing

Current address: Synlab Services GmbH, Augsburg, Germany

Affiliation University Hospital Münster, Institute of Medical Microbiology - Clinical Virology, Münster, Germany

Marcus Müller

Affiliation University Hospital Bonn, Department of Neurology, Bonn, Germany

Nicholas J. C. King

Affiliation University of Sydney, Sydney Medical School, Department of Pathology, Bosch Institute for Medical Research, New South Wales, Australia

Barbara Klupp

Affiliation Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Institute of Molecular Biology, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany

Thomas C. Mettenleiter

Affiliation Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Institute of Molecular Biology, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany

Joachim E. Kühn

kuehnj@uni-muenster.de

Affiliations University Hospital Münster, Institute of Medical Microbiology - Clinical Virology, Münster, Germany, Interdisciplinary Center of Clinical Research (IZKF), Münster, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WH EUL BRE NJCK JEK. Performed the experiments: WH EUL BRE MM NJCK BK TCM JEK. Analyzed the data: WH EUL BRE MM NJCK BK TCM JEK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MM NJCK BK TCM. Wrote the paper: WH EUL BRE MM NJCK BK TCM JEK.