About the Authors

Veronika Sjöberg

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, Immunology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Olof Sandström

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Pediatrics, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Maria Hedberg

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, Immunology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Sten Hammarström

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, Immunology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Olle Hernell

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Pediatrics, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Marie-Louise Hammarström

Marie-Louise.Hammarstrom@climi.umu.se

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, Immunology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Read and edited the manuscript: VS OS MH OH SH M-LH. Conceived and designed the experiments: VS SH OH M-LH. Performed the experiments: VS MH. Analyzed the data: VS SH M-LH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OS OH M-LH. Wrote the paper: VS SH M-LH.