About the Authors

Kim Blom

Affiliation Center for Infectious Medicine, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden

Monika Braun

Affiliation Center for Infectious Medicine, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden

Jolita Pakalniene

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

Laura Dailidyte

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

Vivien Béziat

Affiliations Center for Infectious Medicine, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden, Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Imagine Institute—INSERM U1163, Paris, France

Margit H. Lampen

Affiliation Center for Infectious Medicine, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden

Jonas Klingström

Affiliation Center for Infectious Medicine, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden

Nina Lagerqvist

Affiliation Center for Infectious Medicine, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden

Torbjörn Kjerstadius

Affiliation Karolinska University Laboratory, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Stockholm, Sweden

Jakob Michaëlsson

Affiliation Center for Infectious Medicine, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden

Lars Lindquist

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden, Unit of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden

Hans-Gustaf Ljunggren

Affiliation Center for Infectious Medicine, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden

Johan K. Sandberg

Affiliation Center for Infectious Medicine, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden

Aukse Mickiene

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania, Unit of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden

Sara Gredmark-Russ

sara.gredmark.russ@ki.se

Affiliations Center for Infectious Medicine, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KB MB JP LD VB MHL JK JM LL HGL JKS AM SGR. Performed the experiments: KB MB NL. Analyzed the data: KB MB JP LD VB MHL JK NL TK JM LL HGL JKS AM SGR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JP LD AM. Wrote the paper: KB HGL JKS SGR.