About the Authors

Peter Wilhelmsson

peter.wilhelmsson@liu.se

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

Pontus Lindblom

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

Linda Fryland

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

Jan Ernerudh

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

Pia Forsberg

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, Clinic of Infectious Diseases, County Council of Östergötland, Linköping, Sweden

Per-Eric Lindgren

Affiliations Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, Medical Services, Department of Microbiology, Ryhov County Hospital, Jönköping, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PW PL LF JE PF PEL. Performed the experiments: PW PL LF. Analyzed the data: PW PL LF JE PF PEL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PF PEL. Wrote the manuscript: PW PL LF JE PF PEL.