About the Authors

Carolin A. Kolmeder

carolin.kolmeder@helsinki.fi

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Mark de Been

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Janne Nikkilä

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Finnish Red Cross Blood Service, Helsinki, Finland

Ilja Ritamo

Affiliation Finnish Red Cross Blood Service, Helsinki, Finland

Jaana Mättö

Affiliation Finnish Red Cross Blood Service, Helsinki, Finland

Leena Valmu

Affiliation Finnish Red Cross Blood Service, Helsinki, Finland

Jarkko Salojärvi

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Airi Palva

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Anne Salonen

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Willem M. de Vos

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WdV CK AS JM JN LV. Performed the experiments: CK IR. Analyzed the data: CK MdB WdV JS AS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AP WdV JM. Wrote the paper: CK WdV AS MdB JN IR JS LV AP.