About the Authors

Sergio Serrano-Villar

serranovillar@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute for Health Research (IRICYS), University Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain

María Jesús Pérez-Elías

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute for Health Research (IRICYS), University Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain

Fernando Dronda

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute for Health Research (IRICYS), University Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain

José Luis Casado

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute for Health Research (IRICYS), University Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain

Ana Moreno

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute for Health Research (IRICYS), University Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain

Ana Royuela

Affiliation CIBER, Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Clinical Biostatistics Unit, University Hospital Ramón y Cajal, IRYCIS, Madrid, Spain

José Antonio Pérez-Molina

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute for Health Research (IRICYS), University Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain

Talia Sainz

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Immune Biology, University Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain

Enrique Navas

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute for Health Research (IRICYS), University Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain

José Manuel Hermida

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute for Health Research (IRICYS), University Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain

Carmen Quereda

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute for Health Research (IRICYS), University Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain

Santiago Moreno

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute for Health Research (IRICYS), University Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SSV SM. Analyzed the data: SSV AR TS. Wrote the paper: SSV. Contributed patient samples and data: SSV MPE FD JC AM AR JPM EN JH CQ SM. Generated the tables and figures, interpreted the data, and wrote the first draft of the manuscript: SSV. Reviewed, revised, and approved the final manuscript: SSV MPE FD JC AM AR JPM TS EN JMH CQ SM.