About the Authors

Kristoffer Jarlov Jensen

Contributed equally to this work with: Kristoffer Jarlov Jensen, Mia Søndergaard

kjj@ssi.dk

Affiliations Research Center for Vitamins and Vaccines (CVIVA), Bandim Health Project, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark, Department of Cardiovascular and Renal Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, Bandim Health Project, INDEPTH Network, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

Mia Søndergaard

Contributed equally to this work with: Kristoffer Jarlov Jensen, Mia Søndergaard

Affiliation Bandim Health Project, INDEPTH Network, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

Andreas Andersen

Affiliation Research Center for Vitamins and Vaccines (CVIVA), Bandim Health Project, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

Erliyani Sartono

Affiliation Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Cesario Martins

Affiliation Bandim Health Project, INDEPTH Network, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

May-Lill Garly

Affiliation Bandim Health Project, INDEPTH Network, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

Jesper Eugen-Olsen

Affiliation Clinical Research Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark

Henrik Ullum

Affiliation Department of Clinical Immunology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark

Maria Yazdanbakhsh

Affiliation Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Peter Aaby

Affiliations Research Center for Vitamins and Vaccines (CVIVA), Bandim Health Project, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark, Bandim Health Project, INDEPTH Network, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

Christine Stabell Benn

Affiliations Research Center for Vitamins and Vaccines (CVIVA), Bandim Health Project, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark, Bandim Health Project, INDEPTH Network, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, OPEN, Institute of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark/Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark

Christian Erikstrup

Affiliation Department of Clinical Immunology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PA CSB CE MLG MS. Performed the experiments: MS ES. Analyzed the data: KJJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MY JEO. Wrote the paper: KJJ MS CE CSB PA MLG HU JEO AA ES MY CM. Supervised the statistical analysis: AA.