About the Authors

Philippe Bossi

philippe.bossi@psl.aphp.fr

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris VI, Paris, France, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris VI, Paris, France

Frédérick Gay

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris VI, Paris, France, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris VI, Paris, France

Imène Fouzai

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris VI, Paris, France

Béhazine Combadière

Affiliations Department of Immunology- INSERM U543, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris VI, Paris, France, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris VI, Paris, France

Geneviève Brousse

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris VI, Paris, France, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris VI, Paris, France

Bénédicte Lebrun-Vignes

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris VI, Paris, France, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris VI, Paris, France

Jean-Marc Crance

Affiliation Department of Virology, CRSSA Emile-Parde, Grenoble, France

Brigitte Autran

Affiliations Department of Immunology- INSERM U543, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris VI, Paris, France, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris VI, Paris, France

Daniel Garin

Affiliation Department of Virology, CRSSA Emile-Parde, Grenoble, France

for the IMMUVAR group

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PB GB JMC DG. Performed the experiments: PB FG IF BC GB BLV JMC DG. Analyzed the data: PB FG IF BC DG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PB BC BLV BA DG. Wrote the paper: PB DG.