About the Authors

Anke Schultz

Contributed equally to this work with: Anke Schultz, Stefanie Koch

Affiliation Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering, St. Ingbert, Germany

Stefanie Koch

Contributed equally to this work with: Anke Schultz, Stefanie Koch

Affiliation Department of Virology, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany

Martina Fuss

Affiliation Department of Virology, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany

Angela S. Mazzotta

Affiliation Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering, St. Ingbert, Germany

Marcella Sarzotti-Kelsoe

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Daniel A. Ozaki

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

David C. Montefiori

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Hagen von Briesen

Affiliation Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering, St. Ingbert, Germany

Heiko Zimmermann

Affiliation Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering, St. Ingbert, Germany

Andreas Meyerhans

andreas.meyerhans@upf.edu

Affiliations Department of Virology, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany, ICREA Infection Biology Laboratory, Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SK AS MS-K DAO. Performed the experiments: SK AS MF ASM. Analyzed the data: SK AS MS-K DAO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DM. Wrote the paper: AM AS. Conceptional outline and participating by adding key points to the manuscript: AM MS-K DM HVB HZ.