About the Authors

Senthil K Vasan

vasan.kandaswamy@ki.se

Affiliation Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Klaus Rostgaard

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark

Henrik Ullum

Affiliation Department of Clinical Immunology, The Blood Bank, Rigshospitalet, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Mads Melbye

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark

Henrik Hjalgrim

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark

Gustaf Edgren

Affiliations Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Hematology Centre, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SKV HH GE. Performed the experiments: SKV KR GE. Analyzed the data: SKV KR GE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HU MM HH GE. Wrote the paper: SKV GE.