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Coronaviruses

The impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on the prevalence of respiratory tract pathogens in patients with community-acquired pneumonia in Germany

Theo Dähnea Institute of Virology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, GermanyView further author information
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Wolfgang Bauerb Department of Emergency Medicine, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, GermanyView further author information
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Andreas Essigc Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Hospital of Ulm, Ulm, GermanyView further author information
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Bernhard Schaafd Hospital Dortmund gGmbH, Dortmund, GermanyView further author information
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Christoph D. Spinnere Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital rechts der Isar, School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Munich, GermanyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3875-5367View further author information
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Mathias W. Pletzf Institute of Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Jena University Hospital / Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany;g CAPNETZ Stiftung, Hannover, GermanyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8157-2753View further author information
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Gernot Rohdeg CAPNETZ Stiftung, Hannover, Germany;h Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical Clinic I, Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt/Main, Germany;i Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Hannover, GermanyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5193-7755View further author information
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Jan Ruppg CAPNETZ Stiftung, Hannover, Germany;j Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, GermanyView further author information
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Martin Witzenrathg CAPNETZ Stiftung, Hannover, Germany;k Department of Infectious Diseases and Pulmonary Medicine and the Division of Pulmonary Inflammation, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany;l Associate Member of the DZLView further author information
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Marcus Panninga Institute of Virology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1515-1518 | Received 07 Jun 2021, Accepted 14 Jul 2021, Published online: 01 Aug 2021

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