About the Authors

Tove Kaldensjö

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Pernilla Petersson

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Anna Tolf

Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Clinical Pathology and Cytology, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden

Gareth Morgan

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Kristina Broliden

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Taha Hirbod

taha.hirbod@ki.se

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TK KB TH. Performed the experiments: TK PP AT. Analyzed the data: TK PP AT GM KB TH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AT GM KB TH. Wrote the paper: TK KB TH. Critical review of manuscript: TK PP AT GM KB TH. Obtained funding: KB TH. Study supervision: TH.