Stephan, Anna-Janina
de Lepper, Marion
Wölle, Regine
Luzak, Agnes
Wang, Wei
Jacob, Christian
Schneider, Kim Maren
Buxmann, Horst
Goelz, Rangmar
Hamprecht, Klaus
Kummer, Peter
Modrow, Susanne
Greiner, Wolfgang
Reuschenbach, Miriam
Article History
Received: 22 July 2022
Accepted: 16 December 2022
First Online: 23 January 2023
Declarations
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: Not applicable. Anonymized SHI data were used for this study. The use of such data is not subject to ethics committee approval in Germany (Good Practice of Secondary Data Analysis (GPS)). All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations.
: Not applicable.
: ML, RW, AL, and MR are full-time employees of MSD Sharp & Dohme GmbH. AJS was a full-time employee of MSD Sharp & Dohme GmbH at the time the study was performed. WW is a full-time employee of Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA. KMS and CJ are full-time employees of Xcenda GmbH, acting as contractors of MSD Sharp & Dohme GmbH for the execution of this study. WG received personal fees from Xcenda GmbH during the conduct of the study. RG, KH, PK, and SM received honoraria as scientific advisor from MSD Sharp & Dohme GmbH. HB received research grants (third-party funding), reimbursement of travel expenses, consulting fees or reimbursement of conference fees from the following companies related to the topic of 'cytomegalovirus infections': Biotest AG, MSD Sharp & Dohme GmbH, Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, and Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. All authors have provided the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest.