About the Authors

John Buckendahl

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Hygiene, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany

Jörg Heukelbach

Affiliation Department of Community Health, School of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil

Liana Ariza

Affiliation Post-Graduation Program in Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil

Judith Dorothea Kehr

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Hygiene, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany

Martin Seidenschwang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Hygiene, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany

Hermann Feldmeier

hermann.feldmeier@charite.de

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Hygiene, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JH HF. Performed the experiments: JB LA MS. Analyzed the data: JB LA MS HF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JB JH LA JDK HF. Wrote the paper: JB HF.