About the Authors

Nils Wetzstein

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

nils.wetzstein@kgu.de

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Ari Geil

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Gerrit Kann

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Annette Lehn

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

Affiliation Institute of Biostatistics and Mathematical Modeling, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Gundolf Schüttfort

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Johanna Kessel

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Tobias M. Bingold

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Claus P. Küpper-Tetzel

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Annette Haberl

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Christiana Graf

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Maria J. G. T. Vehreschild

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Christoph Stephan

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Michael Hogardt

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Thomas A. Wichelhaus

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Timo Wolf

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Competing Interests

Nils Wetzstein, Ari Geil, Gerrit Kann, Annette Lehn, Johanna Kessel, Tobias M. Bingold, Claus P. Küpper-Tetzel, Christiana Graf and Thomas A. Wichelhaus have nothing to disclose. Gundolf Schüttfort received funding from Gilead Sciences and speaker fees from ViiV Healthcare, Bristol Meyer Squibb, MSD and Hormosan for participation in Advisory Boards, Data Safety and Monitoring Boards and for preparation of educational materials and lecturing fees, all outside the submitted work. Annette Haberl received speaker fees from Gilead Sciences, Janssen-Cilag and MSD and also participated in MSD advisory boards. Support of congress participation was provided by Gilead Sciences and Janssen-Cilag. Maria JGT Vehreschild has received research grants from 3M, Astellas Pharma, Biontech, DaVolterra, Evonik, Gilead Sciences, Glycom, Immunic, MaaT Pharma, Merck/MSD, Organobalance, Seres Therapeutics, Takeda Pharmaceutical, has received speaker fees from Astellas Pharma, Basilea, Gilead Sciences, Merck/MSD, Organobalance, Pfizer and been a consultant to Alb Fils Kliniken GmbH, Arderypharm, Astellas Pharma, DaVolterra, Farmak International Holding GmbH, Ferring, Immunic AG, MaaT Pharma, Merck/MSD, SocraTec R&D GmbH, all outside the submitted work. Christoph Stephan has received research grants from Gilead Sciences, Janssen, MSD, ViiV-Healthcare and has received fees for scientific advice from Merck/MSD, and Theratechnologies, all outside the submitted work. Michael Hogardt received Honoraria for consulting (Chiesi GmbH), and lectures (Chiesi GmbH/Horizon Pharma/Thieme Publisher Group), all outside the submitted work. Timo Wolf received fees for lectures, consultancies and travel grants from: Gilead, Merck Sharp Dome, Janssen, all outside the submitted work. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.