About the Authors

Miloslav Kverka

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic

Zdenka Ulcova-Gallova

ulcova@fnplzen.cz

Affiliation Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Charles University and Faculty Hospital, Pilsen, Czech Republic

Jirina Bartova

Affiliation Institute of Dental Research, General University Hospital, First Faculty of Medicine of the Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Jan Cibulka

Affiliation Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Charles University and Faculty Hospital, Pilsen, Czech Republic

Katarina Bibkova

Affiliation Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Charles University and Faculty Hospital, Pilsen, Czech Republic

Zdenka Micanova

Affiliation Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Charles University and Faculty Hospital, Pilsen, Czech Republic

Helena Tlaskalova-Hogenova

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZUG JB. Performed the experiments: JB JC KB ZM. Analyzed the data: MK ZUG KB HTH. Wrote the paper: MK ZUG HTH.