About the Authors

Tore Lier

tore.lier@unn.no

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway, Department of Microbiology and Virology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Gunnar S. Simonsen

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway, Department of Microbiology and Virology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway

Tianping Wang

Affiliation Anhui Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Wuhu, People's Republic of China

Dabing Lu

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Hanne H. Haukland

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway

Birgitte J. Vennervald

Affiliation DBL- Centre for Health Research and Development, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Maria V. Johansen

Affiliation DBL- Centre for Health Research and Development, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TL GSS TW DL HHH MVJ. Performed the experiments: TL DL. Analyzed the data: TL GSS TW BJV MVJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TL TW. Wrote the paper: TL. Substantially revised the paper: GSS HHH BJV MVJ.