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Article History

Received: 14 January 2022

Accepted: 25 April 2022

First Online: 2 May 2022

Declarations

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: All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. Strict confidentiality was ensured at all times during data collection, storage, and analysis. Only the researchers had access to the data for their analysis. The study was approved by the ethics committees of the participating healthcare institutions and the <i>Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas</i> (CIDEIM). CIDEIM’s Research and Ethics Committee waived the requirement for written informed consent for participants in this study due to its classification as minimal risk and the use of data limited to patient care, as per national legislation and current institutional requirements.

: Not applicable.

: KE, who is a Senior Editorial Board Member for <i>BMC Infectious Diseases</i>, was not involved in the peer-review of the manuscript or its acceptance. Two editors for the BMC Series and two expert reviewers assessed this manuscript. EM, CP, and CHG have received fees for consultancy and scientific conferences or research support from Merck Sharp & Dohme and Pfizer. MVV has received consulting fees and research grants from Merck Sharp & Dohme, Pfizer, Janssen-Cilag, Novartis, Merck, West, OpGen, and AstraZeneca. The other authors declare no conflicts of interest for this article.