About the Authors

Simone A. Joosten

Contributed equally to this work with: Simone A. Joosten, Krista E. van Meijgaarden

sajoosten@lumc.nl

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

Krista E. van Meijgaarden

Contributed equally to this work with: Simone A. Joosten, Krista E. van Meijgaarden

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

Franca del Nonno

Affiliation Pathology Service, National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Rome, Italy

Andrea Baiocchini

Affiliation Pathology Service, National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Rome, Italy

Linda Petrone

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Preclinical Research, National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Rome, Italy

Valentina Vanini

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Preclinical Research, National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Rome, Italy

Hermelijn H. Smits

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Fabrizio Palmieri

Affiliation Clinical Department, National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Rome, Italy

Delia Goletti

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Preclinical Research, National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Rome, Italy

Tom H. M. Ottenhoff

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: SAJ KEvM HHS DG THMO. Performed the experiments: KEvM SAJ FdN AB. Analyzed the data: SAJ KEvM FdN THMO DG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VV LP FP. Wrote the paper: SAJ LP DG THMO KEvM.