Funding sources: M.K., E.S.-A., and R.K. are supported in part by grant no. 13-873/3-05 of the Ministry of Health, Republic of Macedonia. J.D.M. is supported by the National Institutes of Health HD036878. P.M. is supported in part by the Executive Agency for Health and Consumers, EURO-WABB Project 2010 12 05.

Conflicts of interest: none declared.

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