About the Authors

Byron E. E. Martina

b.martina@erasmusmc.nl

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

Petra van den Doel

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

Penelope Koraka

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

Geert van Amerongen

Affiliation The National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Gunther Spohn

Affiliation Cytos Biotechnology AG, Zurich-Schlieren, Switzerland

Bart L. Haagmans

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

Lisette B. V. Provacia

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

Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus

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

Guus F. Rimmelzwaan

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

Competing Interests

None of the authors declare conflict of interest apart from Albert Osterhaus, who is a part-time employee (CEO) of Viroclinics B.V. (for details go to www.erasmusmc.nl) and Gunther Spohn who is an employee of Cytos Biotechnology. Guus Rimmelzwaan has an affiliation with Viroclinics BV as a consultant. The stated competing interests do not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BEEM GFR. Performed the experiments: PD PK GA GS LBP. Analyzed the data: BEEM PK BLH ADO GFR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BEEM PD PK LBP GFR. Wrote the paper: BEEM PK ADO GFR.