About the Authors

Remo Frei

remo.frei@kispi.uzh.ch (RF); roger.lauener@hgk.ch (RPL)

Affiliation Division of Immunology/Allergology, University of Zurich, Children's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland

Johanna Steinle

Affiliation Division of Immunology/Allergology, University of Zurich, Children's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland

Thomas Birchler

Affiliation Section of Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Susanne Loeliger

Affiliation Division of Immunology/Allergology, University of Zurich, Children's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland

Caroline Roduit

Affiliation Division of Immunology/Allergology, University of Zurich, Children's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland

Dirk Steinhoff

Affiliation Division of Immunology/Allergology, University of Zurich, Children's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland

Reinhart Seibl

Affiliation Division of Immunology/Allergology, University of Zurich, Children's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland

Katja Büchner

Affiliation Division of Immunology/Allergology, University of Zurich, Children's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland

Reinhard Seger

Affiliation Division of Immunology/Allergology, University of Zurich, Children's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland

Walter Reith

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Immunology, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland

Roger P. Lauener

remo.frei@kispi.uzh.ch (RF); roger.lauener@hgk.ch (RPL)

Affiliation Division of Immunology/Allergology, University of Zurich, Children's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RF RPL. Performed the experiments: RF TB SL DS RS KB. Analyzed the data: RF JS TB SL CR DS RS KB RPL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RF TB RS WR RPL. Wrote the paper: RF JS WR RPL.