About the Authors

Sara Cajander

sara.cajander@regionorebrolan.se

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, SE 70182 Örebro, Sweden

Elisabet Tina

Affiliation Department of Clinical Research Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden

Anders Bäckman

Affiliation Department of Clinical Research Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden

Anders Magnuson

Affiliation Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden

Kristoffer Strålin

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Bo Söderquist

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden

Jan Källman

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, SE 70182 Örebro, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SC JK ET AB BS KS. Performed the experiments: ET AB. Analyzed the data: SC AM JK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JK ET AB SC. Wrote the paper: SC JK ET AB BS KS AM.