About the Authors

Eija Nissilä

eija.nissila@helsinki.fi (EN); willem.devos@wur.nl (WMdV)

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology & Immunology and Research Programs Unit, Immunobiology, University of Helsinki, Finland

François P. Douillard

Affiliations Department of Bacteriology & Immunology and Research Programs Unit, Immunobiology, University of Helsinki, Finland, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, Division of Microbiology and Epidemiology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Jarmo Ritari

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Biosciences, Division of Microbiology and Epidemiology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Finnish Red Cross Blood Service, Helsinki, Finland

Lars Paulin

Affiliation Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Hanna M. Järvinen

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology & Immunology and Research Programs Unit, Immunobiology, University of Helsinki, Finland

Pia Rasinkangas

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Biosciences, Division of Microbiology and Epidemiology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Karita Haapasalo

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology & Immunology and Research Programs Unit, Immunobiology, University of Helsinki, Finland

Seppo Meri

Affiliations Department of Bacteriology & Immunology and Research Programs Unit, Immunobiology, University of Helsinki, Finland, Helsinki University Hospital Laboratory HUSLAB, Helsinki, Finland

Hanna Jarva

Affiliations Department of Bacteriology & Immunology and Research Programs Unit, Immunobiology, University of Helsinki, Finland, Helsinki University Hospital Laboratory HUSLAB, Helsinki, Finland

Willem M. de Vos

eija.nissila@helsinki.fi (EN); willem.devos@wur.nl (WMdV)

Affiliations Department of Bacteriology & Immunology and Research Programs Unit, Immunobiology, University of Helsinki, Finland, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, Division of Microbiology and Epidemiology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: WMdV EN FPD. Data curation: JR. Formal analysis: EN JR. Funding acquisition: WMdV SM. Investigation: EN HMJ FPD HJ KH LP PR. Methodology: EN KH FPD JR HJ HMJ. Project administration: WMdV SM. Resources: HJ KH PR JR LP FPD SM. Software: JR. Supervision: WMdV SM. Validation: EN JR. Visualization: EN JR FPD. Writing – original draft: EN. Writing – review & editing: EN FPD WMdV JR KH PR HJ HMJ SM LP.