About the Authors

Lena Fiebig

FiebigL@rki.de

Affiliation Respiratory Infections Unit, Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

Christian Kollan

Affiliation HIV/AIDS, STI and Blood-borne Infections Unit, Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

Barbara Hauer

Affiliation Respiratory Infections Unit, Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

Barbara Gunsenheimer-Bartmeyer

Affiliation HIV/AIDS, STI and Blood-borne Infections Unit, Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

Matthias an der Heiden

Affiliation HIV/AIDS, STI and Blood-borne Infections Unit, Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

Osamah Hamouda

Affiliation HIV/AIDS, STI and Blood-borne Infections Unit, Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

Walter Haas

Affiliation Respiratory Infections Unit, Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LF OH WH. Performed the experiments: LF CK. Analyzed the data: LF CK MA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LF CK BH BGB MA OH WH. Wrote the paper: LF.