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Open access funding provided by Medical University of Vienna. The authors want to thank all the participants and health professionals involved in the present study for their enthusiasm and commitment. We want to thank our technical assistants Barbara Widmar, Ladislaus Szabo and Christoph Hauser for their diligent work, constant assistance and time flexibility whenever needed. We also thank Rene Reitermaier, PhD, for his input on discussing the immunological aspects of the work.
This research was supported by grant 17361 from the Anniversary Fund of the Austrian National Bank (OENB) of Austria to IY.
IY and KA contributed to the conception and design of the study. HH, LK, AP and RW assisted with sample collection. IY, KA and QH collected data and performed experiments. IY performed the statistical analyses. QH and IY wrote the manuscript. HH, AP, LK, RW and KA reviewed and edited the manuscript. All authors approved the final manuscript.
Correspondence to Iveta Yotova.
Quanah J. Hudson and Kazem Ashjaei are joint first authors.
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