About the Authors

Karina Preußel

PreusselK@rki.de

Affiliations Robert Koch Institute, Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Berlin, Germany, Berlin School of Public Health, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Michael Höhle

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

Klaus Stark

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

Dirk Werber

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KP DW. Analyzed the data: KP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MH. Wrote the paper: KP MH KS DW. Provided epidemiological interpretation and advice: MH KS DW.