About the Authors

Manuel Hernández-Guerra

mhernandezguerra@gmail.com

Affiliations Liver Unit, University Hospital of the Canary Islands, Tenerife, Spain, Research Unit, University Hospital of the Canary Islands, Tenerife, Spain

Yanira González-Méndez

Affiliation Liver Unit, University Hospital of the Canary Islands, Tenerife, Spain

Patricia de Molina

Affiliation Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Antonio Z. Gimeno-García

Affiliation Liver Unit, University Hospital of the Canary Islands, Tenerife, Spain

Marta Carrillo

Affiliation Liver Unit, University Hospital of the Canary Islands, Tenerife, Spain

Carlos Casanova

Affiliation Liver Unit, University Hospital of the Canary Islands, Tenerife, Spain

Tomás Pumarola

Affiliations Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Hospital Clínic, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Alejandro Jimenez

Affiliation Research Unit, University Hospital of the Canary Islands, Tenerife, Spain

Miriam Hernández-Porto

Affiliation Preventive Medicine and Public Health Department, University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

Álvaro Torres

Affiliation Preventive Medicine and Public Health Department, University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

Enrique Quintero

Affiliations Liver Unit, University Hospital of the Canary Islands, Tenerife, Spain, Research Unit, University Hospital of the Canary Islands, Tenerife, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MHG EQ. Performed the experiments: YGM AZGG MC CC. Analyzed the data: AJ MHG EQ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PdM TP MHP AT. Wrote the paper: MHG.