About the Authors
- Karin Stiasny
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* E-mail: karin.stiasny@meduniwien.ac.at
Affiliation Department of Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Judith H. Aberle
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Affiliation Department of Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Michael Keller
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Affiliation Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Innsbruck, Austria
- Beatrix Grubeck-Loebenstein
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Affiliation Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Innsbruck, Austria
- Franz X. Heinz
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Affiliation Department of Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Franz X. Heinz is an inventor of patents on flavivirus vaccines and has consulted Baxter for developing tick-borne encephalitis vaccines. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KS FXH. Performed the experiments: KS JA MK BGL. Analyzed the data: KS JA FXH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JA MK BGL. Wrote the paper: KS FXH.