About the Authors

Julian Winkler

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Institute of Hygiene, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Susann Herzog

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Institute of Hygiene, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Felix Dahlhaus

Roles Investigation, Validation

Affiliation a.p.f Aqua System, Wuppertal, Germany

Arndt Matschulat

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation

Affiliation a.p.f Aqua System, Wuppertal, Germany

Helmut Uhlmann

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

Affiliation a.p.f Aqua System, Wuppertal, Germany

Alexander Mellmann

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Hygiene, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Thorsten Kuczius

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

tkuczius@uni-muenster.de

Affiliation Institute of Hygiene, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Competing Interests

F.D., A.M., and H.U. are members of the company. The other authors are or were members of the Institute of Hygiene. As this project was funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) with two partners, the Institute of Hygiene (University) and the company, the company exerted no influence on writing and content of the manuscript. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.