About the Authors

Emma Sáez-López

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Hospital Clínic - Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ISGlobal, Barcelona Ctr. Int. Health Res. (CRESIB), Hospital Clínic - Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Elisabet Guiral

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Hospital Clínic - Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ISGlobal, Barcelona Ctr. Int. Health Res. (CRESIB), Hospital Clínic - Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Dietmar Fernández-Orth

Affiliation ISGlobal, Barcelona Ctr. Int. Health Res. (CRESIB), Hospital Clínic - Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Sonia Villanueva

Affiliation ISGlobal, Barcelona Ctr. Int. Health Res. (CRESIB), Hospital Clínic - Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Anna Goncé

Affiliations BCNatal-Barcelona Center of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine (Hospital Clínic and Hospital Sant Joan de Déu), Barcelona, Spain, Institut D´Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (DIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Center for Biomedical Research on Rare Diseases (CIBER-ER), Barcelona, Spain

Marta López

Affiliations BCNatal-Barcelona Center of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine (Hospital Clínic and Hospital Sant Joan de Déu), Barcelona, Spain, Institut D´Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (DIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Center for Biomedical Research on Rare Diseases (CIBER-ER), Barcelona, Spain

Irene Teixidó

Affiliations BCNatal-Barcelona Center of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine (Hospital Clínic and Hospital Sant Joan de Déu), Barcelona, Spain, Institut D´Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (DIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Center for Biomedical Research on Rare Diseases (CIBER-ER), Barcelona, Spain

Anna Pericot

Affiliations BCNatal-Barcelona Center of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine (Hospital Clínic and Hospital Sant Joan de Déu), Barcelona, Spain, Institut D´Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (DIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Center for Biomedical Research on Rare Diseases (CIBER-ER), Barcelona, Spain

Francesc Figueras

Affiliations BCNatal-Barcelona Center of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine (Hospital Clínic and Hospital Sant Joan de Déu), Barcelona, Spain, Institut D´Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (DIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Center for Biomedical Research on Rare Diseases (CIBER-ER), Barcelona, Spain

Montse Palacio

Affiliations BCNatal-Barcelona Center of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine (Hospital Clínic and Hospital Sant Joan de Déu), Barcelona, Spain, Institut D´Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (DIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Center for Biomedical Research on Rare Diseases (CIBER-ER), Barcelona, Spain

Teresa Cobo

Affiliations BCNatal-Barcelona Center of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine (Hospital Clínic and Hospital Sant Joan de Déu), Barcelona, Spain, Institut D´Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (DIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Center for Biomedical Research on Rare Diseases (CIBER-ER), Barcelona, Spain

Jordi Bosch

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Hospital Clínic - Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ISGlobal, Barcelona Ctr. Int. Health Res. (CRESIB), Hospital Clínic - Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Sara M. Soto

sara.soto@isglobal.org

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Hospital Clínic - Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ISGlobal, Barcelona Ctr. Int. Health Res. (CRESIB), Hospital Clínic - Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SMS JB AG ML. Performed the experiments: ESL EG SV. Analyzed the data: DFO SMS JB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SMS. Wrote the paper: SMS ESL JB AG ML IT AP FF MP TC.