About the Authors

Johanna Thegerström

Johannathegerstrom@ltkalmar.se

Affiliations Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, Department of Clinical Physiology, Kalmar County Hospital, Kalmar, Sweden

Bodil Jönsson

Affiliation Department of Infectious Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Lars Brudin

Affiliations Department of Clinical Physiology, Kalmar County Hospital, Kalmar, Sweden, Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

Björn Olsen

Affiliation Infectious Diseases, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University and Academic Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden

Agnes E. Wold

Affiliation Department of Infectious Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Jan Ernerudh

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

Vanda Friman

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JT VF BO AW JE. Performed the experiments: JT BJ. Analyzed the data: JT LB JE BO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BJ AW VF JE. Wrote the paper: JT JE BO VF. Statistics: LB.