About the Authors

Krista E. van Meijgaarden

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Mariëlle C. Haks

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Nadia Caccamo

Affiliation Central Laboratory for Advanced Diagnostic and Biomedical Research (CLADIBIOR), Dipartimento di Biopatologia e Biotecnologie Mediche e Forensi, Università di Palermo, Palermo, Italy

Francesco Dieli

Affiliation Central Laboratory for Advanced Diagnostic and Biomedical Research (CLADIBIOR), Dipartimento di Biopatologia e Biotecnologie Mediche e Forensi, Università di Palermo, Palermo, Italy

Tom H. M. Ottenhoff

‡ These authors share last authorship.

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Simone A. Joosten

s.a.joosten@lumc.nl

‡ These authors share last authorship.

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KEvM MCH THMO SAJ. Performed the experiments: KEvM NC SAJ. Analyzed the data: KEvM SAJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MCH NC FD. Wrote the paper: KEvM SAJ THMO.