About the Authors

Anna H. Roukens

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

Ann C. Vossen

Current address: Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Affiliation Department of Virology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Peter J. Bredenbeek

Affiliation Department of Research Virology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Jaap T. van Dissel

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

Leo G. Visser

l.g.visser@lumc.nl

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: AR. Performed the experiments: AR. Analyzed the data: AR LV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AR AV PB. Wrote the paper: AR. Other: Contributed to analysis of laboratory experiments: AV PB. Contributed to interpretation of the data: Jv AV PB. Contributed to the drafting of the manuscript: Jv. Designed the experiments and study: LV. Contributed to the writing of the paper: LV.