About the Authors

Manuela O. Gustafsson

edvard.smith@ki.se (CIES); manuela.gustafsson@ki.se (MOG)

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, SE Stockholm, Sweden

Dara K. Mohammad

Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, SE Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Biology, College of Science, Salahaddin University-Erbil, Erbil, Kurdistan Region-Iraq

Erkko Ylösmäki

Affiliation Department of Virology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

Hyunseok Choi

Affiliation Department of Virology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

Subhash Shrestha

Affiliation Department of Virology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

Qing Wang

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, SE Stockholm, Sweden

Beston F. Nore

Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, SE Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sulaimani, Sulaimani, Iraq, Department of Health, Kurdistan Institution for Strategic Studies and Scientific Research (KISSSR), Sulaimani, Kurdistan-Iraq

Kalle Saksela

Affiliation Department of Virology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

C. I. Edvard Smith

edvard.smith@ki.se (CIES); manuela.gustafsson@ki.se (MOG)

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, SE Stockholm, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: CIES. Formal analysis: DKM SS. Funding acquisition: CIES BFN. Investigation: MOG DKM EY HC QW. Methodology: CIES KS. Project administration: MOG. Resources: CIES KS. Supervision: MOG. Writing – original draft: MOG BFN CIES. Writing – review & editing: CIES BFN KS.