About the Authors

Christoph Jünger

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Project administration, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Medical Clinic, Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center, Borstel, Germany

Maja Reimann

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Borstel, Hamburg, Lübeck, Riems, Germany, Division of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Research Centre Borstel, Borstel, Germany, Respiratory Medicine & International Health, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Lenka Krabbe

Roles Data curation, Project administration

Affiliation Medical Clinic, Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center, Borstel, Germany

Karoline I. Gaede

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Medical Clinic, Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center, Borstel, Germany, Airway Research Center North (ARCN), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Giessen, Germany, BioMaterialBank Nord, Research Center Borstel - Leibniz Lung Center, Borstel, Germany

Christoph Lange

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

Affiliations Medical Clinic, Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center, Borstel, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Borstel, Hamburg, Lübeck, Riems, Germany, Division of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Research Centre Borstel, Borstel, Germany, Respiratory Medicine & International Health, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

Christian Herzmann

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

cherzmann@fz-borstel.de

Affiliations Medical Clinic, Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center, Borstel, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Borstel, Hamburg, Lübeck, Riems, Germany, Airway Research Center North (ARCN), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Giessen, Germany

Stephan Rüller

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

Affiliation Medical Clinic, Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center, Borstel, Germany

Competing Interests

SR invented the PLBV and has co-developed the Vigaro within the scope of a consulting contract with FLO medical. CL reports personal fees from Chiesi, Gilead, Janssen, Lucane, Novartis, Oxoid, Berlin Chemie and Thermofisher outside the submitted work. CH reports personal fees from Janssen outside the submitted work. CJ, KIG and LK have no conflicting interests to declare. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.