About the Authors
- Ruth Tachezy
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* E-mail: rutach@uhkt.cz
Affiliation Department of Experimental Virology, Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic
- Jana Smahelova
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Affiliation Department of Experimental Virology, Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic
- Jana Kaspirkova
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Affiliation Bioptic Laboratory, Pilsen, Czech Republic
- Martina Salakova
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Affiliation Department of Experimental Virology, Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic
Competing Interests
Biopticka laboratory is a private company providing routine pathological, cytological and molecular genetic diagnostics of human clinical samples. The co-author, Jana Kaspirkova, is a molecular geneticist who is responsible for appropriate sample collection and who contributed to the data analysis. There is no potential conflict of interest concerning the study results and she confirms that this does not alter the adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RT. Performed the experiments: JK JS MS. Analyzed the data: JK RT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RT JK. Wrote the manuscript: JS RT MS.