About the Authors

Sveinung Wergeland Sørbye

sveinung.sorbye@unn.no

Affiliation Department of Clinical Pathology, The University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway

Silje Fismen

Affiliation Department of Clinical Pathology, The University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway

Tore Gutteberg

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, The University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway, Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Elin Synnøve Mortensen

Affiliations Department of Clinical Pathology, The University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway, Department of Medical Biology, 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: SWS SF ESM TJG. Performed the experiments: SWS SF ESM TJG. Analyzed the data: SWS SF ESM TJG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SWS SF ESM TJG. Wrote the paper: SWS SF ESM TJG.