About the Authors

Inga Thorsen Vengen

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children's and Women's Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Trondheim, Norway

Hans O. Madsen

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Department of Clinical Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Peter Garred

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Department of Clinical Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Carl Platou

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Levanger Hospital, Nord-Trøndelag Health Trust, Levanger, Norway

Lars Vatten

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

Vibeke Videm

vibeke.videm@ntnu.no

Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children's and Women's Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Trondheim, Norway, Department of Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ITV PG LV CP VV. Performed the experiments: ITV HOM PG. Analyzed the data: ITV PG VV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PG CP VV. Wrote the paper: ITV HOM PG CP LV VV. Obtained permissions: VV.