About the Authors

Peter Hoffmann

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft

peter.hoffmann@med.uni-heidelberg.de

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany

Rouven Behnisch

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Medical Biometry, Institute of Medical Biometry and Informatics, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany

Julia Gsenger

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Center for Infectious Diseases, Virology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany

Paul Schnitzler

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Infectious Diseases, Virology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany

Annika Gauss

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany

Competing Interests

Annika Gauss received travel fees from Abbvie and Janssen, speaker’s fees from Janssen, MSD, Tillotts, and Takeda, and consultation fees from Janssen and AMGEN; Peter Hoffmann received travel fees from Abbvie and Janssen and speaker’s fees from Janssen; which might lead to a conflict of interest. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. All other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.