About the Authors

Mascha Kern

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

mascha.kern@charite.de

Affiliations Institute of Public Health, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Institute of International Health, Charité Center for Global Health, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Toivo Glatz

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Public Health, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Marcus A. Mall

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Immunology and Critical Care Medicine, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) at Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Associated Partner, Berlin, Germany

Joachim Seybold

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Directorate, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt- Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Tobias Kurth

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Public Health, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Frank P. Mockenhaupt

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

Affiliation Institute of International Health, Charité Center for Global Health, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Stefanie Theuring

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of International Health, Charité Center for Global Health, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

None of the authors had a conflict of interest related to the content of the study. Outside the work, TK reports to have received research grants from the Gemeinsamer Bundesausschuss (G-BA, Federal Joint Committee, Germany), the Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (BMG, Federal Ministry of Health, Germany). He further has received personal compensation from Eli Lilly and Company, Teva Pharmaceuticals, TotalEnergies S.E., The BMJ, and Frontiers. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.