About the Authors

Karina Olsen

karina.olsen@unn.no

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway, Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Kjersti Danielsen

Affiliations Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway, Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway

Tom Wilsgaard

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Maria Sangvik

Affiliation Research Group for Host-Microbe Interactions, Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Johanna U. E. Sollid

Affiliation Research Group for Host-Microbe Interactions, Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Inger Thune

Affiliations Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway, Department of Oncology, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Oslo, Norway

Anne E. Eggen

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Gunnar S. Simonsen

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway, Research Group for Host-Microbe Interactions, Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Anne-Sofie Furberg

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway, Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ASF KO AEE KD GSS JUES IT. Performed the experiments: ASF MS KO GSS JUES. Analyzed the data: KO ASF TW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ASF MS KO GSS JUES TW. Wrote the paper: KO ASF. Provided critical revision of important intellectual content: ASF KD MS GSS JUES IT AEE TW.