About the Authors

Isabel Fofana

Affiliations Inserm, U1110, Institute of Virology, Strasbourg, France, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

Fei Xiao

Affiliations Inserm, U1110, Institute of Virology, Strasbourg, France, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

Christine Thumann

Affiliations Inserm, U1110, Institute of Virology, Strasbourg, France, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

Marine Turek

Affiliations Inserm, U1110, Institute of Virology, Strasbourg, France, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

Laetitia Zona

Affiliations Inserm, U1110, Institute of Virology, Strasbourg, France, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

Rajiv G. Tawar

Affiliations Inserm, U1110, Institute of Virology, Strasbourg, France, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

Fritz Grunert

Affiliation Aldevron GmbH, Freiburg, Germany

John Thompson

Affiliation Aldevron GmbH, Freiburg, Germany

Mirjam B. Zeisel

Affiliations Inserm, U1110, Institute of Virology, Strasbourg, France, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

Thomas F. Baumert

Thomas.Baumert@unistra.fr

Affiliations Inserm, U1110, Institute of Virology, Strasbourg, France, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, Pôle Hépato-digestif, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

Competing Interests

FG and JT are employees of Aldevron GmbH, a company who participated in the development of the anti-CD81 antibodies within a collaborative research agreement with the University of Strasbourg and Inserm. FG and JT have been notified regarding PLOS ONE policies and stated that their participation does not alter their adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TFB. Performed the experiments: IF FX CT MT LZ RGT FG JT MBZ TFB. Analyzed the data: IF FX CT MT LZ RGT FG JT MBZ TFB. Wrote the paper: IF MBZ TFB.