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Torner, Núria https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0143-5295
Basile, Luca
Martínez, Ana
Rius, Cristina
Godoy, Pere
Jané, Mireia
Domínguez, Ángela
Funding for this research was provided by:
Grants for University Research (2017/SGR 1342)
CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (Prevention and Control of Transmissible Diseases (PREVICET))
Article History
Received: 2 November 2018
Accepted: 31 July 2019
First Online: 13 August 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study does not need formal ethical approval according to national guidelines with respect to public health surveillance activities according to the actual legislation on Public Health activities (Public Health Law 18/2009, October 22,<b>;</b> Diari oficial DOGC 30/10/2009,Núm. 5495 Available at: ). All data are anonymous and derive from sentinel surveillance. Verbal participation consent in the surveillance system was obtained by each attending clinician as set in practice by patients’ rights legislation (Law 41/2002, Nov 14 (art 8, 9 i 10 Chapter IV).No sensitive information was used and data were anonymized.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.