About the Authors

Agathe León

aleon@clinic.ub.es

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

César Cáceres

Affiliation Bioengineering and Telemedicine Unit, Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Emma Fernández

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Paloma Chausa

Affiliation Bioengineering and Telemedicine Unit, Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Maite Martin

Affiliation Pharmacy Service, Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Carles Codina

Affiliation Pharmacy Service, Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Araceli Rousaud

Affiliation Clinical Institute of Psychiatry and Psychology, Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Jordi Blanch

Affiliation Clinical Institute of Psychiatry and Psychology, Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Josep Mallolas

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Esteban Martinez

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Jose L. Blanco

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Montserrat Laguno

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Maria Larrousse

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Ana Milinkovic

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Laura Zamora

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Neus Canal

Affiliation Health Economics and Outcomes Research, IMS Health, Inc., Barcelona, Spain

Josep M. Miró

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Josep M. Gatell

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Enrique J. Gómez

Affiliation Bioengineering and Telemedicine Unit, Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Felipe García

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Competing Interests

A León, C Cáceres, E Fernández, P Chausa, M Martin, C Codina, A Rousaud, A Milinkovic, M Laguno, M Larrousse, L Zamora, and EJ Gómez have no potential conflicts of interests. Neus Canal is employed by a commercial company, Health Economics and Outcomes Research IMS Health. E Martinez, F García, J Blanch and JL Blanco have received research grants from Abbott, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Gilead Sciences. J Mallolas and JM Miro have received research grants from Abbott, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences and Roche. JM Gatell has received honoraria or research grants from Bristol-Myers Squibb, MSD, GlaxoSmithKline, Gilead Sciences, Tibotec, Roche, Boehringerngelheim, Abbott and Pfizer. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials."

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AL C Caceres PC C Codina AR JB NC JMM JMG EJG FG. Performed the experiments: AL C Caceres EF PC MM C Codina AR JB JM EM JLB M Laguno M Larrouse AM LZ JMM EJG FG. Analyzed the data: AL PC C Codina AR JB LZ JMG EJG FG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AL EF MM C Codina AR JB NC JMG EJG FG. Wrote the paper: AL C Codina AR JB JMM JMG FG.