About the Authors

Udo Buchholz

Contributed equally to this work with: Udo Buchholz, Heiko Juergen Jahn

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

buchholzu@rki.de

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Unit 36: Respiratory Infections, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

Heiko Juergen Jahn

Contributed equally to this work with: Udo Buchholz, Heiko Juergen Jahn

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Unit 36: Respiratory Infections, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

Bonita Brodhun

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Unit 36: Respiratory Infections, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

Ann-Sophie Lehfeld

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Unit 36: Respiratory Infections, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

Marina M. Lewandowsky

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Unit 36: Respiratory Infections, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

Franziska Reber

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Unit 36: Respiratory Infections, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

Kristin Adler

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Section II 3.5 Microbiology of Drinking Water and Swimming Pool Water, German Environment Agency, Bad Elster, Germany

Jacqueline Bochmann

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Section II 3.5 Microbiology of Drinking Water and Swimming Pool Water, German Environment Agency, Bad Elster, Germany

Christina Förster

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Section II 3.5 Microbiology of Drinking Water and Swimming Pool Water, German Environment Agency, Bad Elster, Germany

Madlen Koch

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Section II 3.5 Microbiology of Drinking Water and Swimming Pool Water, German Environment Agency, Bad Elster, Germany

Yvonne Schreiner

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Section II 3.5 Microbiology of Drinking Water and Swimming Pool Water, German Environment Agency, Bad Elster, Germany

Fabian Stemmler

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Section II 3.5 Microbiology of Drinking Water and Swimming Pool Water, German Environment Agency, Bad Elster, Germany

Corinna Gagell

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene/Institute of Virology, National Consulting Laboratory for Legionella, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Edith Harbich

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene/Institute of Virology, National Consulting Laboratory for Legionella, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Sina Bärwolff

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Department, DHA Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin, Germany

Andreas Beyer

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Department, DHA Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Berlin, Germany

Ute Geuß-Fosu

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Department, DHA Lichtenberg, Berlin, Germany

Martina Hänel

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Department, DHA Marzahn-Hellersdorf, Berlin, Germany

Patrick Larscheid

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Department, DHA Reinickendorf, Berlin, Germany

Lukas Murajda

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Department, DHA Mitte, Berlin, Germany

Klaus Morawski

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Department, DHA Neukölln, Berlin, Germany

Uwe Peters

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Department, DHA Pankow, Berlin, Germany

Raimund Pitzing

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Department, DHA Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany

Andreas von Welczeck

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Department, DHA Treptow-Köpenick, Berlin, Germany

Gudrun Widders

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Department, DHA Spandau, Berlin, Germany

Nicoletta Wischnewski

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Department, DHA Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Germany

Inas Abdelgawad

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Department, DHA Spandau, Berlin, Germany

Anke Hinzmann

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Department, DHA Pankow, Berlin, Germany

Denis Hedeler

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Department, DHA Treptow-Köpenick, Berlin, Germany

Birte Schilling

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Department, DHA Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin, Germany

Silvia Schmidt

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Department, DHA Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Berlin, Germany

Jakob Schumacher

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Department, DHA Reinickendorf, Berlin, Germany

Irina Zuschneid

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Department, DHA Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Germany

Iskandar Atmowihardjo

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation DRK Hospitals Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Keikawus Arastéh

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Vivantes Hospitals Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Steffen Behrens

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Vivantes Hospitals Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Petra Creutz

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Charité Hospitals Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Johannes Elias

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation DRK Hospitals Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Martina Gregor

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Vivantes Hospitals Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Stefan Kahl

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation DRK Hospitals Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Henning Kahnert

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Vivantes Hospitals Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Viktor Kimmel

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Vivantes Hospitals Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Josefa Lehmke

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Vivantes Hospitals Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Pascal Migaud

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Vivantes Hospitals Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Agata Mikolajewska

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Charité Hospitals Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Verena Moos

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Charité Hospitals Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Maria-Barbara Naumann

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Vivantes Hospitals Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Wulf Pankow

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Vivantes Hospitals Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Hans Scherübl

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Vivantes Hospitals Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Bernd Schmidt

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation DRK Hospitals Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Thomas Schneider

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Charité Hospitals Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Hartmut Stocker

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Vivantes Hospitals Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Norbert Suttorp

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Charité Hospitals Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Dorina Thiemig

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Vivantes Hospitals Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Carsten Gollnisch

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Hygiene Inspection for Drinking Water Systems, Berlin, Germany

Uwe Mannschatz

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Hygiene Inspection for Drinking Water Systems, Berlin, Germany

Walter Haas

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Unit 36: Respiratory Infections, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

Benedikt Schaefer

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Section II 3.5 Microbiology of Drinking Water and Swimming Pool Water, German Environment Agency, Bad Elster, Germany

Christian Lück

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene/Institute of Virology, National Consulting Laboratory for Legionella, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.