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Article History

Received: 8 February 2018

Accepted: 19 June 2018

First Online: 25 June 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: The study protocol was approved by the Ethic Committee of the Azienda Ospedaliera Spedali Civili of Brescia on the 4th of August, 2009, reference number 708. Written informed consent was obtained by all patients enrolled.

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: EQR received travel grants from Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Viiv and Janssen-Cilag; moreover received speaker’s honoraria from Gilead and MSD during the conduct of the study. PM received travel grants from Viiv and Gilead. ER declared no competing interests.II declared no competing interests. BA reported grants from Bristol-Myers Squibb and Gilead, non-financial support from Bristol-Myers Squibb, Viiv and Janssen-Cilag during the conduct of the study. LF declared no competing interests. SA received travel grants from Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Viiv and Janssen-Cilag; moreover received speaker’s honoraria from Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Viiv and Janssen-Cilag during the conduct of the study and is currently acting as an Associate Editor for BMC Infectious Diseases. MF declared no competing interests. FC declared no competing interests.

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