About the Authors

Franc Strle

franc.strle@kclj.si

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Petra Bogovič

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Jože Cimperman

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Vera Maraspin

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Katarina Ogrinc

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Tereza Rojko

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Daša Stupica

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Lara Lusa

Affiliation Institute for Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Faculty of Medicine Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Tatjana Avšič-Županc

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Katja Strašek Smrdel

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Mateja Jelovšek

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Stanka Lotrič-Furlan

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FS PB DS TAŽ SLF. Performed the experiments: PB JC VM KO TR DS KSS MJ SLF. Analyzed the data: FS LL TAŽ SLF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FS PB JC VM KO TR DS LL TAŽ KSS MJ SLF. Wrote the paper: FS PB JC VM KO TR DS LL TAŽ KSS MJ SLF.