About the Authors

Heini Kallio

heini.kallio@uta.fi

Affiliations Institute of Biomedical Technology, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland, Center for Laboratory Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

Martti Tolvanen

Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Technology, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland

Janne Jänis

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland

Pei-wen Pan

Affiliations Institute of Biomedical Technology, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland, Center for Laboratory Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

Eeva Laurila

Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Technology, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland

Anne Kallioniemi

Affiliations Institute of Biomedical Technology, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland, Center for Laboratory Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

Sami Kilpinen

Affiliation MediSapiens Ltd, Helsinki, Finland

Vilppu J. Tuominen

Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Technology, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland

Jorma Isola

Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Technology, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland

Jarkko Valjakka

Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Technology, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland

Silvia Pastorekova

Affiliation Center of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Virology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Jaromir Pastorek

Affiliation Center of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Virology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Seppo Parkkila

Affiliations Institute of Biomedical Technology, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland, School of Medicine, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland, Center for Laboratory Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policies and have the following conflict: Sami Kilpinen is an employee of MediSapiens Ltd. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, and no other authors have any competing interests to declare.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HK PP EL AK JV S. Parkkila. Performed the experiments: HK MT JJ. Analyzed the data: HK MT JJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SK VJT JI S. Pastorekova JP. Wrote the paper: HK MT JJ.