About the Authors
- Arzu Koc
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Contributed equally to this work with: Arzu Koc, Imke Bargen
Affiliation Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Department of Gastroenterology, Giessen, Germany
- Imke Bargen
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Contributed equally to this work with: Arzu Koc, Imke Bargen
Affiliation Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Molecular Immunology, Braunschweig, Germany
- Abdulhadi Suwandi
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Affiliation Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Molecular Immunology, Braunschweig, Germany
- Martin Roderfeld
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Affiliation Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Department of Gastroenterology, Giessen, Germany
- Annette Tschuschner
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Affiliation Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Department of Gastroenterology, Giessen, Germany
- Timo Rath
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Affiliations Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Department of Gastroenterology, Giessen, Germany, Medical Clinic 1, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuernberg, Erlangen, Germany
- Gerald F. Gerlach
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Affiliation IVD GmbH, Hannover, Germany
- Mathias Hornef
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- Ralph Goethe
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Affiliation Institute for Microbiology, Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany
- Siegfried Weiss
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¶These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Molecular Immunology, Braunschweig, Germany
- Elke Roeb
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* E-mail: Elke.Roeb@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
¶These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Department of Gastroenterology, Giessen, Germany
Competing Interests
One of the authors is employed by a commercial company IVD GmbH. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: ER RG MH SW. Performed the experiments: AK IB AS MR AT TR GG SW. Analyzed the data: AK IB AS MR AT TR GG SW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GG RG. Wrote the paper: AK IB MH RG SW ER.