About the Authors

Eefje J. A. Schrauwen

Affiliation Viroscience Lab, Postgraduate School Molecular Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Theo M. Bestebroer

Affiliation Viroscience Lab, Postgraduate School Molecular Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Guus F. Rimmelzwaan

Affiliation Viroscience Lab, Postgraduate School Molecular Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus

Affiliation Viroscience Lab, Postgraduate School Molecular Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Ron A. M. Fouchier

Affiliation Viroscience Lab, Postgraduate School Molecular Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Sander Herfst

s.herfst@erasmusmc.nl

Affiliation Viroscience Lab, Postgraduate School Molecular Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

Guus F. Rimmelzwaan is employed part-time by Viroclinics Biosciences B.V. as a consultant. Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus is employed part-time by Viroclinics Biosciences B.V. Ron Fouchier is a PLOS ONE editorial board member. 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: EJAS RAMF SH. Performed the experiments: EJAS TMB SH. Analyzed the data: EJAS RAMF SH. Wrote the paper: EJAS GFR ADMEO RAMF SH.