About the Authors

Chantal Quiblier

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Kati Seidl

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Bernd Roschitzki

Affiliation Functional Genomics Center Zurich, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Annelies S. Zinkernagel

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Brigitte Berger-Bächi

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Maria M. Senn

msenn@imm.uzh.ch

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CQ MMS. Performed the experiments: CQ KS BR MMS. Analyzed the data: CQ KS BR MMS BBB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ASZ BR BBB. Wrote the paper: CQ KS MMS.