About the Authors

Marina Pehlić

marina.pehlic@mefst.hr

Affiliations Department of Medical Biology, University of Split, School of Medicine, Split, Croatia, Croatian Centre for Global Health, University of Split, School of Medicine, Split, Croatia

Dina Vrkić

Affiliation Department of Medical Biology, University of Split, School of Medicine, Split, Croatia

Veselin Škrabić

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Center Split, Split, Croatia

Ana Jerončić

Affiliation Department of Research in Biomedicine and Health, University of Split, School of Medicine, Split, Croatia

Gordana Stipančić

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital “Sestre Milosrdnice” Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Anita Špehar Urojić

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Center Rebro, Zagreb, Croatia

Igor Marjanac

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Center Osijek, Osijek, Croatia

Jasminka Jakšić

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, General Hospital, Šibenik, Croatia

Zrinka Kačić

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, General Hospital Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik, Croatia

Vesna Boraska

Affiliations Department of Medical Biology, University of Split, School of Medicine, Split, Croatia, Croatian Centre for Global Health, University of Split, School of Medicine, Split, Croatia

Tatijana Zemunik

Affiliations Department of Medical Biology, University of Split, School of Medicine, Split, Croatia, Croatian Centre for Global Health, University of Split, School of Medicine, Split, Croatia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MP VB TZ. Performed the experiments: MP DV. Analyzed the data: MP VB TZ AJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MP DV AJ. Wrote the paper: MP TZ VB. Recruited subjects, coordinated clinical analysis, collected blood samples and corrected the manuscript: VŠ GS AŠU IM JJ ZK.