About the Authors
- Pirjo Wacklin
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* E-mail: pirjo.wacklin@veripalvelu.fi
Affiliation Finnish Red Cross Blood Service, Helsinki, Finland
- Jarno Tuimala
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Affiliation Finnish Red Cross Blood Service, Helsinki, Finland
- Janne Nikkilä
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Affiliation Finnish Red Cross Blood Service, Helsinki, Finland
- Sebastian Tims
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Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Harri Mäkivuokko
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Affiliation Finnish Red Cross Blood Service, Helsinki, Finland
- Noora Alakulppi
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Affiliation Finnish Red Cross Blood Service, Helsinki, Finland
- Pia Laine
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Affiliation Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Mirjana Rajilic-Stojanovic
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Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Lars Paulin
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Affiliation Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Willem M. de Vos
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Affiliations Department of Veterinary Biosciences and Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Jaana Mättö
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Affiliation Finnish Red Cross Blood Service, Helsinki, Finland
Competing Interests
For conflict of interests, the authors declare that PW, HM and JM are inventors in patent applications (20110158950, Use of Blood group status I; 20110158951, Use of Blood group status II; 20120020941 Use of Blood group status III). Of these, patent application 20120020941 “Use of Blood group status III” is related to the data used in the manuscript. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HM JM PW MR-S WdV. Performed the experiments: PW NA MR-S PKL LP. Analyzed the data: PW JN JT ST JM WdV PKL NA. Wrote the paper: PW JM ST JT JN WdV. Designed and conducted the collection of the faecal samples: HM JM PW.