About the Authors
- Alejandro Pironti
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* E-mail: apironti@mpi-inf.mpg.de
Affiliation Department of Computational Biology and Applied Algorithmics, Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik, Saarbrücken, Germany
- Nico Pfeifer
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Affiliation Department of Computational Biology and Applied Algorithmics, Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik, Saarbrücken, Germany
- Hauke Walter
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Affiliations Medizinisches Infektiologiezentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Medizinisches Labor Stendal, Stendal, Germany
- Björn-Erik O. Jensen
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Affiliation Clinic for Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Infectiology, University Clinic of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Maurizio Zazzi
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Affiliation Department of Medical Biotechnology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
- Perpétua Gomes
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Affiliations Laboratorio de Biologia Molecular, LMCBM, SPC, HEM - Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Lisbon, Portugal, Centro de Investigacao Interdisciplinar Egas Moniz (CiiEM), Instituto Superior de Ciencias da Saude Sul, Caparica, Portugal
- Rolf Kaiser
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Affiliation Institute for Virology, University Clinic of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Thomas Lengauer
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Affiliation Department of Computational Biology and Applied Algorithmics, Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik, Saarbrücken, Germany
Competing Interests
Hauke Walter has received money from Janssen, Gilead Sciences, Abbvie, and ViiV Healthcare for expert testimony, lectures, the development of educational presentations, and for travel expenses. Björn-Erik Jensen has received money in the past from ViiV Healthcare and BMS for his board membership. He has been paid for lectures by ViiV Healthcare, BMS, Janssen-Cliag, Gilead Sciences, Abbvie, Boehringer, and MSD. Maurizio Zazzi has received advisory board and lecture honoraria, travel grants or research support from ViiV Healthcare, Gilead Sciences and Janssen-Cilag. Perpétua Gomes has received consulting fees from Janssen, Gilead Sciences, AbbVie, Merck, Biomerieux and ViiV, and funds for research support from Gilead Sciences, Merck and GlaxoSmithKline/ViiV. For the remaining authors no conflicts of interest declared. Please note that this does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: AP HW TL RK NP BOJ. Data curation: RK PG MZ. Formal analysis: AP TL NP. Funding acquisition: TL RK. Investigation: RK MZ PG. Methodology: AP NP TL. Project administration: AP. Resources: TL RK. Software: AP. Supervision: TL. Validation: AP TL BOJ. Visualization: AP. Writing – original draft: AP. Writing – review & editing: AP NP HW BOJ MZ PG RK TL.