About the Authors
- Jolien Vermeire
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Evelien Naessens
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Hanne Vanderstraeten
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Alessia Landi
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Veronica Iannucci
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Anouk Van Nuffel
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Tom Taghon
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Massimo Pizzato
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Affiliation Centre for Integrative Biology (CIBIO), University of Trento, Trento, Italy
- Bruno Verhasselt
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* E-mail: bruno.verhasselt@ugent.be
Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Competing Interests
Bruno Verhasselt serves as an academic editor of PLOS ONE. No other conflicts of interest are to be reported by the authors. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JV MP BV. Performed the experiments: JV EN HV. Analyzed the data: JV BV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AL VI AVN TT. Wrote the paper: JV BV.