About the Authors

S. Pauliina Turunen

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Diagnostics, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, Clinical Research Center, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland

Outi Kummu

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Diagnostics, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, Clinical Research Center, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland

Kirsi Harila

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Diagnostics, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, Clinical Research Center, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland

Marja Veneskoski

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Diagnostics, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, Clinical Research Center, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland

Rabah Soliymani

Affiliation Protein Chemistry Unit, Institute of Biomedicine/Anatomy, Biomedicum Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Marc Baumann

Affiliation Protein Chemistry Unit, Institute of Biomedicine/Anatomy, Biomedicum Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Pirkko J. Pussinen

Affiliation Institute of Dentistry, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Sohvi Hörkkö

sohvi.horkko@oulu.fi

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Diagnostics, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, Clinical Research Center, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SPT OK KH MV RS MB PJP SH. Performed the experiments: SPT OK KH MV RS MB PJP SH. Analyzed the data: SPT OK KH MV RS MB PJP SH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SPT OK KH MV RS MB PJP SH. Wrote the paper: SPT OK KH MV RS MB PJP SH.