About the Authors

Andrés Roncancio-Clavijo

Contributed equally to this work with: Andrés Roncancio-Clavijo, Miriam Gorostidi-Aicua

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Biodonostia Health Research Institute, Neurosciences Area, Multiple Sclerosis Group, San Sebastian, Spain, Osakidetza Basque Health Service, UGC Laboratories Gipuzkoa, Immunology Section, San Sebastián, Spain

Miriam Gorostidi-Aicua

Contributed equally to this work with: Andrés Roncancio-Clavijo, Miriam Gorostidi-Aicua

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Biodonostia Health Research Institute, Neurosciences Area, Multiple Sclerosis Group, San Sebastian, Spain

Ainhoa Alberro

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Biodonostia Health Research Institute, Neurosciences Area, Multiple Sclerosis Group, San Sebastian, Spain, Osakidetza Basque Health Service, UGC Laboratories Gipuzkoa, Immunology Section, San Sebastián, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas-Instituto de Salud Carlos III (CIBER-CIBERNED-ISCIII), Madrid, Spain

Andrea Iribarren-Lopez

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Biodonostia Health Research Institute, Neurosciences Area, Multiple Sclerosis Group, San Sebastian, Spain

Ray Butler

Roles Formal analysis, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Butler Scientifics S.L., Barcelona, Spain

Raúl Lopez

Roles Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Butler Scientifics S.L., Barcelona, Spain

Jose Antonio Iribarren

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Department, Osakidetza Basque Health Service, Donostialdea Integrated Health Organization, San Sebastián, Spain

Diego Clemente

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas-Instituto de Salud Carlos III (CIBER-CIBERNED-ISCIII), Madrid, Spain, Butler Scientifics S.L., Barcelona, Spain, Infectious Diseases Department, Osakidetza Basque Health Service, Donostialdea Integrated Health Organization, San Sebastián, Spain, Neuroimmune-repair Group, Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos-SESCAM, Toledo, Spain

Jose María Marimon

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Microbiology Department, Biodonostia Health Research Institute, Infectious Diseases Area, Respiratory Infection and Antimicrobial Resistance Group, Osakidetza Basque Health Service, Donostialdea Integrated Health Organization, San Sebastián, Spain

Javier Basterrechea

Roles Data curation, Resources

Affiliation Osakidetza Basque Health Service, UGC Laboratories Gipuzkoa, San Sebastián, Spain

Bruno Martinez

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Software

Affiliation Osakidetza Basque Health Service, UGC Laboratories Gipuzkoa, San Sebastián, Spain

Alvaro Prada

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

‡ AP and DO have managed equally this work.

Affiliations Biodonostia Health Research Institute, Neurosciences Area, Multiple Sclerosis Group, San Sebastian, Spain, Osakidetza Basque Health Service, UGC Laboratories Gipuzkoa, Immunology Section, San Sebastián, Spain

David Otaegui

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

david.otaegui@biodonostia.org

‡ AP and DO have managed equally this work.

Affiliations Biodonostia Health Research Institute, Neurosciences Area, Multiple Sclerosis Group, San Sebastian, Spain, Osakidetza Basque Health Service, UGC Laboratories Gipuzkoa, Immunology Section, San Sebastián, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas-Instituto de Salud Carlos III (CIBER-CIBERNED-ISCIII), Madrid, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.