About the Authors
- Yanina Balabanova
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* E-mail: lenzy@rki.de
Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
- Andreas Gilsdorf
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Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
- Silke Buda
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Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
- Reinhard Burger
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Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
- Tim Eckmanns
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Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
- Barbara Gärtner
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Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Saarland, Homburg, Germany
- Uwe Groß
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Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
- Walter Haas
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Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
- Osamah Hamouda
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Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
- Johannes Hübner
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Thomas Jänisch
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Affiliation Department for Infectious Diseases, Section Clinical Tropical Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- Manfred Kist
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Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Michael H. Kramer
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Affiliation Division for Communicable Diseases, AIDS and Prevention of Epidemics, Federal Ministry of Health, Berlin, Germany
- Thomas Ledig
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Affiliation Family Practice “Dr. Thomas Ledig und Jansen Rolf”, Ditzingen, Germany
- Martin Mielke
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Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
- Matthias Pulz
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Affiliation Governmental Institute of Public Health of Lower Saxony, Hannover, Germany
- Klaus Stark
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Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
- Norbert Suttorp
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Respiratory Medicine, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Germany
- Uta Ulbrich
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Affiliation Dortmund Regional Health Authorities, Dortmund, Germany
- Ole Wichmann
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Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
- Gérard Krause
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Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: YB AG GK. Performed the experiments: YB AG GK SB TE WH OH KS OW RB BG UG JH TJ M.Kist M.Kramer MM TL MP NS UU. Analyzed the data: YB AG GK SB TE WH OH KS OW RB BG UG JH TJ M.Kist M.Kramer MM TL MP NS UU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YB AG GK. Wrote the paper: YB AG GK.