About the Authors

Eric Spierings

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: eric.spierings@lumc.nl

Affiliation Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands

Jos Drabbels

Affiliation Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands

Matthijs Hendriks

Affiliation Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands

Jos Pool

Affiliation Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands

Marijke Spruyt-Gerritse

Affiliation Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands

Frans Claas

Affiliation Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands

Els Goulmy

Affiliation Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EG ES JD. Performed the experiments: ES JD MH JP MS. Analyzed the data: EG ES FC JD JP MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ES JD MH JP MS. Wrote the paper: EG ES.