About the Authors

Angelique Stalmach

Contributed equally to this work with: Angelique Stalmach, Hanna Johnsson, Duncan Porter

Angelique.Stalmach@glasgow.ac.uk

Affiliation University of Glasgow, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Hanna Johnsson

Contributed equally to this work with: Angelique Stalmach, Hanna Johnsson, Duncan Porter

Affiliation Western General Infirmary, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Iain B. McInnes

Affiliation University of Glasgow, Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Holger Husi

Affiliation University of Glasgow, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Julie Klein

Affiliation Mosaiques-Diagnostics GmbH, Hannover, Germany

Mohammed Dakna

Affiliation Mosaiques-Diagnostics GmbH, Hannover, Germany

William Mullen

Affiliation University of Glasgow, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Harald Mischak

Affiliations University of Glasgow, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Mosaiques-Diagnostics GmbH, Hannover, Germany

Duncan Porter

Contributed equally to this work with: Angelique Stalmach, Hanna Johnsson, Duncan Porter

Affiliation University of Glasgow, Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

HM is the founder and co-owner of Mosaiques Diagnostics, who developed the CE-MS technology. 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: DP HM IM. Performed the experiments: AS. Analyzed the data: AS HH HJ MD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JK WM. Wrote the paper: AS DP HJ. Obtained SERA samples: HJ.