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Kinsman, John http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1332-4138
Angrén, John
Elgh, Fredrik
Furberg, Maria
Mosquera, Paola A.
Otero-García, Laura
Snacken, René
Derrough, Tarik
Carrillo Santisteve, Paloma
Ciotti, Massimo
Tsolova, Svetla
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (Framework Contract ECDC/2014/005)
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Article History
Received: 29 May 2017
Accepted: 25 June 2018
First Online: 6 July 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: For performing the study, ECDC complied with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 on the processing of personal data. We provided the ECDC Data protection officer with a notification form about the study and storage of information, and the written consent forms are stored securely at the ECDC offices. This work did not pass through national ethics committees as, legally, ECDC is not under the jurisdiction of any of these committees due to the agency’s legal status as established under the EU Treaties. The requirements for ECDC are determined at the level of the EU Treaties (and the Charter of Fundamental Rights) and international conventions and international conventions, and these were duly followed throughout the study. All interviewees participated strictly in their professional capacity, and they all gave informed consent.
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