About the Authors

Arne Egesten

Affiliation Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Anders I. Olin

Affiliation Division of Infection Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Helena M. Linge

Current address: Section for Cardiopulmonary Research, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, New York, United States of America

Affiliation Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Manisha Yadav

Current address: Division of Microbiology, Immunology and Glycobiology (MIG), Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Affiliation Division of Infection Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Matthias Mörgelin

Affiliation Division of Infection Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Anna Karlsson

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden

Mattias Collin

Mattias.Collin@med.lu.se

Affiliation Division of Infection Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AE HL MC. Performed the experiments: AIO HL MY MM AK MC. Analyzed the data: AE AIO HL MM AK MC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AE AIO MM AK MC. Wrote the paper: MC.