About the Authors

Milka Marjut Hammarén

Affiliation BioMediTech, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland

Kaisa Ester Oksanen

Contributed equally to this work with: Kaisa Ester Oksanen, Hanna Maria Nisula

Affiliation BioMediTech, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland

Hanna Maria Nisula

Contributed equally to this work with: Kaisa Ester Oksanen, Hanna Maria Nisula

Affiliation BioMediTech, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland

Bruno Vincent Luukinen

Affiliation BioMediTech, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland

Marko Pesu

Affiliations BioMediTech, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland, Fimlab Laboratories, Pirkanmaa Hospital District, Tampere, Finland

Mika Rämet

Affiliations BioMediTech, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland, Department of Pediatrics, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

Mataleena Parikka

mataleena.parikka@uta.fi

Affiliation BioMediTech, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland

Competing Interests

MPe is partially employed by Fimlab Laboratories. Fimlab Laboratories has no role in study design, collection, analysis, and interpretation of data, writing of the paper, and/or decision to submit for publication. This affiliation does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS Pathogens policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MMH KEO MPe MR MPa. Performed the experiments: MMH KEO HMN BVL MPa. Analyzed the data: MMH KEO MPa. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MPe MR MPa. Wrote the paper: MMH KEO MPe MR MPa.