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"Declarations Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Conflict of interestCG-V has received honoraria for talks on behalf of Gilead Science, Merck Sharp and Dohme, Pfizer, Jannsen, Novartis, Lilly and a grant support from Gilead Science and Merck Sharp and Dohme. AS has received honoraria for lectures and advisory boards from Pfizer, Merck Sharp and Dohme, Shionogi, Angelini, Menarini, and Gilead Sciences. AS has received grants from Pfizer and Gilead Sciences. P.P.-A. has received honoraria for talks on behalf of Merck Sharp and Dohme, Lilly, ViiV Healthcare and Gilead Science. P.P.-A. has participated in advisory boards for Gilead Science. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests. Conflict of interest CG-V has received honoraria for talks on behalf of Gilead Science, Merck Sharp and Dohme, Pfizer, Jannsen, Novartis, Lilly and a grant support from Gilead Science and Merck Sharp and Dohme. AS has received honoraria for lectures and advisory boards from Pfizer, Merck Sharp and Dohme, Shionogi, Angelini, Menarini, and Gilead Sciences. AS has received grants from Pfizer and Gilead Sciences. P.P.-A. has received honoraria for talks on behalf of Merck Sharp and Dohme, Lilly, ViiV Healthcare and Gilead Science. P.P.-A. has participated in advisory boards for Gilead Science."

"Funding Open Access funding provided thanks to the CRUE-CSIC agreement with Springer Nature. P.P.-A. (JR20/00012, PI21/00498, and ICI21/00103) and C.G.-V. (FIS PI21/01640 and ICI21/00103) have received research grants funded by Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII) and co-funded by the European Union. The funders had neither a specific role in study design or collection of data, nor in writing of the paper or decision to submit."