About the Authors

Nis Pedersen Jørgensen

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark

Rikke Meyer

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Frederik Dagnæs-Hansen

Affiliation Department of Biomedicine, Faculty of Health Sciences Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Kurt Fuursted

Affiliation Microbiology and Infection Control, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

Eskild Petersen

joepeter@rm.dk

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RLM KF EP. Performed the experiments: NPJ FDH. Analyzed the data: NPJ RLM KF EP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RLM. Wrote the paper: NPJ. Contributed to the development of the study protocol: NPJ FDH RLM KF EP. Contributed to the the analysis and discussion of the results: NPJ FDH RLM KF EP.