About the Authors
- Amal Elfaitouri
-
Affiliation Section of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- Björn Herrmann
-
Affiliation Section of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- Agnes Bölin-Wiener
-
Affiliation Section of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- Yilin Wang
-
Affiliation Section of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- Carl-Gerhard Gottfries
-
Affiliation Gottfries Clinic AB, Mölndal, Sweden
- Olof Zachrisson
-
Affiliation Gottfries Clinic AB, Mölndal, Sweden
- Rϋdiger Pipkorn
-
Affiliation Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany
- Lars Rönnblom
-
Affiliation Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- Jonas Blomberg
-
* E-mail: jonas.blomberg@medsci.uu.se
Affiliation Section of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Competing Interests
Jonas Blomberg submitted a provisional application to the US patenting office: US 61/768,882, filed February 25, 2013, named "ANTIMICROBIAL ANTIBODIES IN MYALGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS AND OTHER DISEASES". This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, and has not influenced the reporting.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JB. Performed the experiments: AE ABW YW. Analyzed the data: JB AE ABW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RP CGG OZ LR BH. Wrote the manuscript: JB AE BH CGG OZ LR. Provided patient samples and clinical characterization: CGG OZ LR.