Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to
participate
The study was conducted according to the principles of the Declaration
of Helsinki and registered with the Ethics Committee of the Medical
Faculty of Kiel University (D585/21).
Consent for publication
All authors have read the final manuscript and agree to publication.
Availability of data and
materials
All data can be found in the manuscript or its supplement.
Competing interests
The authors have no conflicts of interest. DiaSorin played an important
role in the preparation of the publication. The company supported this
study by providing test kits and a financial grant. The first author,
A.E., is employed by DiaSorin. This company had no influence on the
selection of the samples, their testing and the interpretation of the
results. The results of the tests were also communicated to Mikrogen
GmbH.
Funding
The costs of the study were covered by DiaSorin.
Authors’ contributions
AE, AK and FN have planned the study. CB, FN, FS, IG and SM have tested
the samples and collected the data. AK and FN have evaluated the data.
AE, AK and FN wrote the manuscript. All authors have read the
manuscript.
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank Dr. Thomas Lorentz (Labor Dr. Krause und
Kollegen MVZ GmbH) for the support provided. Special thanks go to
Mikrogen GmbH for the good and constructive cooperation.