About the Authors
- Steffen Bank
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* E-mail: stb@mb.au.dk
Affiliations Medical Department, Viborg Regional Hospital, Viborg, Denmark, Biomedicine, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
- Paal Skytt Andersen
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Affiliation Microbiology and Infection Control, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Johan Burisch
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Herlev Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
- Natalia Pedersen
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Herlev Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
- Stine Roug
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark
- Julie Galsgaard
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Affiliation Medical Department, Køge Hospital, Køge, Denmark
- Stine Ydegaard Turino
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Affiliation Medical Department, Hillerød Hospital, Hillerød, Denmark
- Jacob Broder Brodersen
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Affiliation Medical Department, Sydvestjysk Hospital, Esbjerg, Denmark
- Shaista Rashid
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Affiliation Medical Department, Bispebjerg Hospital, Bispebjerg, Denmark
- Britt Kaiser Rasmussen
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Affiliation Medical Department, Nykøbing Falster Hospital, Nykøbing Falster, Denmark
- Sara Avlund
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Affiliation Medical Department V, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
- Thomas Bastholm Olesen
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Affiliation Medical Department, Slagelse Hospital, Slagelse, Denmark
- Hans Jürgen Hoffmann
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Affiliation Department of Respiratory Diseases B, Institute for Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
- Marianne Kragh Thomsen
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
- Vibeke Østergaard Thomsen
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Affiliation International Reference Laboratory of Mycobacteriology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Morten Frydenberg
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Affiliation Section of Biostatistics, Department of Public health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Bjørn Andersen Nexø
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Affiliation Biomedicine, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
- Jacob Sode
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Affiliations Institute of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, Clinical Biochemistry, Immunology & Genetics, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark, Department of Rheumatology, Frederiksberg Hospital, Frederiksberg, Denmark
- Ulla Vogel
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Affiliation National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Vibeke Andersen
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Affiliations Medical Department, Viborg Regional Hospital, Viborg, Denmark, Institute of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, Organ Centre, Hospital of Southern Jutland Aabenraa, Aabenraa, Denmark, OPEN Odense Patient data Explorative Network, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
Competing Interests
PSA, VØT and JS have affiliation to Statens Serum Institut. Statens Serum Institut is not a commercial company. It is a public enterprise under the Danish Ministry of Health (please see http://www.ssi.dk/English/Service/AboutSSI.aspx). This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SB PSA MF BAN JS UV VA. Performed the experiments: SB JB NP S. Roug JG SYT JBB S. Rashid BKR SA TBO HJH MKT VØT. Analyzed the data: SB PSA MF BAN JS UV VA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SB JB NP S. Roug JG SYT JBB S. Rashid BKR SA TBO HJH MKT VØT MF. Wrote the paper: SB PSA UV VA. Drafting the article or revising it critically: SB PSA JB NP S. Roug JG SYT JBB S. Rashid BKR SA TBO HJH MKT VØT MF BAN JS UV VA. Final approval of the version to be published: SB PSA JB NP S. Roug JG SYT JBB S. Rashid BKR SA TBO HJH MKT VØT MF BAN JS UV VA.