About the Authors
- Jacques Cornuz
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* E-mail: Jacques.Cornuz@chuv.ch
Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland, Department of Ambulatory Care and Community Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Susanne Zwahlen
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Kantonsspital, St.Gallen, Switzerland
- Walter Felix Jungi
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Kantonsspital, St.Gallen, Switzerland
- Joseph Osterwalder
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Affiliation Emergency Department, Kantonsspital, St.Gallen, Switzerland
- Karl Klingler
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Affiliation Lung Center Hirslanden, Zürich, Switzerland
- Guy van Melle
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Affiliation Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Yolande Bangala
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Idris Guessous
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Philipp Müller
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Affiliation Cytos Biotechnology AG, Schlieren, Switzerland
- Jörg Willers
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Affiliation Cytos Biotechnology AG, Schlieren, Switzerland
- Patrik Maurer
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Affiliation Cytos Biotechnology AG, Schlieren, Switzerland
- Martin F. Bachmann
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Affiliation Cytos Biotechnology AG, Schlieren, Switzerland
- Thomas Cerny
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Kantonsspital, St.Gallen, Switzerland
Competing Interests
P. Müller, J. Willers, M.F. Bachmann, and P. Maurer are Cytos Biotechnology employees. Cytos employees were involved in the following stages of the trial: 1) study design; 2) immunological assays; 3) data analysis and interpretation; 4) writing process; and 5) decision to submit for publication. The corresponding author had full access to all the data, wrote the manuscript and had final editing rights. S. Zwahlen, Y. Bangala and I. Guessous report no conflict of interest. T. Cerny reports having relevant patent rights. J. Cornuz, T. Cerny, and W.F. Jungi report having received travel expenses fees from Cytos Biotechnology.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JC WJ JO PM JW TC. Performed the experiments: SZ WJ KK YB IG TC. Analyzed the data: MB JC PM Gv PM JW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PM SZ YB IG. Wrote the paper: MB JC SZ WJ JO KK Gv PM JW TC. Other: Enrolled patients: JC. Reviewed the paper: WJ JO KK Gv YB ID TC MB PM JW PM SZ. Study supervision: JO KK TC PM WJ.