About the Authors
- Sandra George
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Affiliations Faculty of Science, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, Senftenberg, Germany, Institute of Immunology, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Silvia Paulick
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Affiliation Faculty of Science, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, Senftenberg, Germany
- Ilka Knütter
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Affiliation GA Generic Assays GmbH, Dahlewitz/Berlin, Germany
- Nadja Röber
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Affiliation Institute of Immunology, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Rico Hiemann
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Affiliation GA Generic Assays GmbH, Dahlewitz/Berlin, Germany
- Dirk Roggenbuck
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Affiliations Faculty of Science, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, Senftenberg, Germany, GA Generic Assays GmbH, Dahlewitz/Berlin, Germany
- Karsten Conrad
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Affiliation Institute of Immunology, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Jan-Heiner Küpper
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* E-mail: Jan-Heiner.Kuepper@HS-Lausitz.de
Affiliation Faculty of Science, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, Senftenberg, Germany
Competing Interests
Dirk Roggenbuck is a shareholder of GA Generic Assays GmbH and Medipan GmbH. Ilka Knütter and Rico Hiemann are employees of GA Generic Assays GmbH. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and material. The remaining authors declare that they have no competing financial or other interests.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SG DR KC IK J-HK. Performed the experiments: SG SP IK NR RH. Analyzed the data: SG IK NR RH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KC J-HK SG IK SP DR. Wrote the paper: SG J-HK DR CK. Experimental design: J-HK DR IK SG. Software adaption of used for analysis: RH. Stable clone establishment: SG. Immunofluorescence optmization: SG IK. Sera tests: SG IK NR SP. Providing sera: KC ND. Plasmid constructs: SP.