About the Authors
- Dan Norbäck
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* E-mail: dan.norback@medci.uu.se
Affiliation Department of Medical Science, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Uppsala University and University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
- Jamal Hisham Hashim
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Affiliations United Nations University-International Institute for Global Health, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Department of Community Health, National University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Gui-Hong Cai
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Affiliation Department of Medical Science, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Uppsala University and University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
- Zailina Hashim
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Affiliation Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Faculty of Medicine, and Health Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
- Faridah Ali
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Affiliation Primary Care Unit, Johor State Health Department, Johor Bahru, Malaysia
- Erica Bloom
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Affiliations IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute Ltd., Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Medical Microbiology, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden
- Lennart Larsson
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Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Medical Microbiology, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden
Competing Interests
Erica Bloom is employed by IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute Ltd. There are no patents, products in development or marked products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies for sharing data or materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DN ZH JHH. Performed the experiments: DN ZH JHH GHC EB LL. Analyzed the data: DN GHC ZH JHH FA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DN GHC ZH JHH LL EB. Wrote the paper: DN GHC ZH JHH FA LL EB.