About the Authors

Hannele Kotilainen

hannele.kotilainen@hus.fi

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

Marja-Liisa Lokki

Affiliation Transplantation Laboratory, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Riitta Paakkanen

Affiliations Transplantation Laboratory, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

Mikko Seppänen

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

Pentti Tukiainen

Affiliation Division of Lung Diseases, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

Seppo Meri

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Tuija Poussa

Affiliation STAT-Consulting, Nokia, Finland

Jussi Eskola

Affiliation Mycobacteriology Unit, Helsinki University Central Hospital Laboratory, Helsinki, Finland

Ville Valtonen

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

Asko Järvinen

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HK M-LL MS PT SM VV AJ. Performed the experiments: HK M-LL JE. Analyzed the data: HK M-LL RP MS SM TP VV AJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: M-LL RP JE. Wrote the paper: HK M-LL RP MS PT JE SM VV AJ.