Conflict of Interest

Outside of the submitted work: Stefan Holdenrieder  has received grants from Roche Diagnostics, Sysmex and Volition, consulting fees from Instand e.V, EQAS, Merck KG, Roche Diagnostics and Thermo Fisher Scientific, speaker’s honoraria from BMS, Medica, Roche Diagnostics and Trillium, and has leadership roles in the International Society of Oncology and Biomarkers (board member and secretary), DGKL Competence Field Molecular Diagnostic (vice speaker) and Federal Medical Association, D5 Group (delegate of the DGKL); Carlos Eduardo dos Santos Ferreira  has received speaker’s honoraria from Abbott Diagnostics, Roche Diagnostics and Siemens Healthineers; Jacques Izopet  has received grants from Roche Diagnostics; Elitza Theel  has received consulting fees from EUROIMMUN US, Serimmune and Roche Diagnostics, speaker’s honoraria from the American Society for Microbiology and EUROIMMUN US, and support for meetings from the American Society for Microbiology, the New York City Branch of the American Society of Microbiology and the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology; Andreas Wieser  has received grants from numerous different public fundings, including the German Center for Infection Research, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, and German Aif and Zim programs, royalties or licenses from Smart United GmbH, consulting fees from Roche Diagnostics and Roche Pharma, speaker’s honoraria from BÄMI and Roche Diagnostics, support for meetings from BÄMI and Roche Diagnostics, participated in advisory boards for Roche Diagnostics, declares stock or stock options in Smart United GmbH and Munich Innovative Biosolutions UG (haftungsbeschrönkt), and has received reduced rates for materials and equipment from EUROIMMUN and Roche Diagnostics; Stefan Holdenrieder  is a founder of CEBIO and SFZ BioCoDE.