About the Authors

Isabella Eckerle

eckerle@virology-bonn.de

Affiliation Institute of Virology, University of Bonn Medical Centre, Bonn, Germany

Lukas Ehlen

Affiliation Institute of Virology, University of Bonn Medical Centre, Bonn, Germany

René Kallies

Affiliation Institute of Virology, University of Bonn Medical Centre, Bonn, Germany

Robert Wollny

Affiliation Institute of Virology, University of Bonn Medical Centre, Bonn, Germany

Victor M. Corman

Affiliation Institute of Virology, University of Bonn Medical Centre, Bonn, Germany

Veronika M. Cottontail

Affiliation Institute of Experimental Ecology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Marco Tschapka

Affiliations Institute of Experimental Ecology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama

Samuel Oppong

Affiliation Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Christian Drosten

Affiliation Institute of Virology, University of Bonn Medical Centre, Bonn, Germany

Marcel A. Müller

Affiliation Institute of Virology, University of Bonn Medical Centre, Bonn, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IE LE RK RW V. Corman CD MAM. Performed the experiments: IE LE RK RW V. Corman. Analyzed the data: IE LE RK RW V. Corman V. Cottontail MT SO CD MAM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IE LE RK RW MAM. Wrote the paper: IE CD MAM.