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Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Embrapa Florestas, Colombo 83411-000, PR, Brazil.; Jimenez EM; Grupo de Ecología y Conservación de Fauna y Flora Silvestre, Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Imani, Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Amazonia, Leticia, Amazonas, Colombia.; Klitgaard B; Department of Geography and Planning, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, United Kingdom.; Mora MCP; Universidad Regional Amazónica Ikiam, Tena, Napo, Ecuador.; Peres CA; School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom.; Stevenson PR; Laboratorio de Ecología de Bosques Tropicales y Primatología, Universidad de los Andes, Carrera 1 # 18a- 10, Bogotá, DC 111711, Colombia.; Dexter KG; Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.; Di Fiore A; Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712.; Estación de Biodiversidad Tiputini, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador.; Huamantupa-Chuquimaco I; 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Servicios de Biodiversidad Empresa Individual de Responsabilidad Limitada, Iquitos 784, Loreto, Peru.; Malhi Y; Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QY, United Kingdom.; de Andrade Miranda IP; Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus 69067-375, AM, Brazil.; Mozombite Pinto LF; Servicios de Biodiversidad Empresa Individual de Responsabilidad Limitada, Iquitos 784, Loreto, Peru.; Prieto A; Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, DC, Colombia.; Rodrigues DJ; Instituto de Ciências Naturais, Humanas e Sociais, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Sinop, MT 78557-267, Brazil.; Rudas A; Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, DC, Colombia.; Tello JS; Latin America Department, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO 63110.; Vela CIA; Escuela Profesional de Ingeniería Forestal, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru.; Albuquerque BW; Ecology, Monitoring and Sustainable Use of Wetlands, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus 69067-375, AM, Brazil.; Cano A; Laboratorio de Ecología de Bosques Tropicales y Primatología, Universidad de los Andes, Carrera 1 # 18a- 10, Bogotá, DC 111711, Colombia.; Cambridge University Botanic Garden, Cambridge University, Cambridge CB2 1JE, United Kingdom.; Holmgren M; Resource Ecology Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen 6708 PB, Gelderland, The Netherlands.; Trindade Nascimento M; Laboratório de Ciências Ambientais, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Campos dos Goytacazes 28013-620, RJ, Brazil.; Oliveira AA; Instituto de Biociências, Dept. Ecologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, São Paulo 05508-090, SP, Brazil.; Rocha M; Ecology, Monitoring and Sustainable Use of Wetlands, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus 69067-375, AM, Brazil.; Ruschel AR; Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Embrapa Florestas, Colombo 83411-000, PR, Brazil.; Vizoni Scudeller V; Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Manaus 69080-900, AM, Brazil.; Sierra R; Geoinformática y Sistemas, Compañía Limitada, Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador.; Silman MR; Biology Department and Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC 27106.; Silva N; Instituto de Ciência Agrárias, Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia, Belém 66077-830, PA, Brazil.; Tirado M; Geoinformática y Sistemas, Compañía Limitada, Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador.; Umaña MN; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.; Vriesendorp C; Collections, Conservation and Research, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL 60605-2496.; Baider C; Instituto de Biociências, Dept. Ecologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, São Paulo 05508-090, SP, Brazil.; The Mauritius Herbarium, Agricultural Services, Ministry of Agro-Industry and Food Security, Reduit 80835, Mauritius.; Balslev H; Department of Biology, Aarhus University, Aarhus 8000, Denmark.; Linares-Palomino R; Center for Conservation and Sustainability, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Washington, DC 20560-0705.; Mendoza C; Escuela de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad Mayor de San Simon, Sacta, Cochabamba, Bolivia.; Forest Management for Timber and Non-Timber Products in the Tropical Lowlands of Bolivia, Manejo Forestal en las Tierras Tropicales de Bolivia, Sacta, Cochabamba, Bolivia.; Mesones I; Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3140.; Parada GA; Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Universidad Autónoma Gabriel Rene Moreno, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.; Alexiades MN; School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NR, Kent, United Kingdom.; Farfan-Rios W; Herbario Vargas, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Cuzco, Peru.; Biology Department and Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC 27106.; Garcia-Cabrera K; Biology Department and Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC 27106.; Palacios Cuenca W; Herbario Nacional del Ecuador, Universidad Técnica del Norte, Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador.; Pansini S; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia-Bionorte, Universidade Federal de Rondônia, Porto Velho 76824-027, RO, Brazil.; Pauletto D; Instituto de Biodiversidade e Florestas, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Santarém 68015-110, PA, Brazil.; Ramirez Arevalo F; Facultad de Biologia, Universidad Nacional de la Amazonia Peruana, Iquitos, Loreto, Peru.; Sampaio AF; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia-Bionorte, Universidade Federal de Rondônia, Porto Velho 76824-027, RO, Brazil.; Valderrama Sandoval EH; 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Cortland Linder (UK), Maria Picciochi (UK) Sakina Bhaloo (UK); Ebenezer Amofa (Ghana) (Canada Gaston (Rwanda) Jose Andres Calvache (Colombia) Sivesh Kamarajah (UK) Palesa Motshabi (South Africa) Dmitri Nepogodiev (UK), Dhruv Ghosh (India); Laura Kudrna (UK); Maame Jenny (Ghana); Muyiwa Rotimi (Nigeria); Telesphore Kabera (Rwanda); Virginia Ledda (UK); Sam Lawday (UK), Craig McClain (USA); Cliff Shelton (UK); Abdul Ghaffar (Switzerland or Pakistan); Adedogni (Nigeria); Allen Jean De La Croix Ingabire (Rwanda); Asad Latif (Pakistan); Nana Boateng (Ghana); Jean Pierre Nganabashaka (Rwanda); Larissa Cronje (South Africa); Mogane Palesa (South Africa); Sylvestre Nzahabwanayo (Rwanda); Pritpal Singh (India); Revatrams (India); Rotimi Aaron (Nigeria); Samuel Jerry Cobbina (Ghana); Sandrine Zola (Benin); Suryakiran Sharma (India); Teena Gill (India); Tony Thomson (India); James Glasbey (UK); Janet Martin (Canada) $; Christina George (India) $; Aneel Bhangu (UK) $ Joint first authors; $Joint senior authors Statistical Analysis Cortland Linder (UK); Maria Picciochi (UK); Sivesh Kamarajah (UK); Bryar Kadir (UK); Aneel Bhangu (UK) Operational Committee: Aneel Bhangu (UK); Abdul Gaffar (Pakistan); Adewale Adisa (Nigeria); Andrew Dove (UK); Christina George (Unknown); Dmitri Nepogodiev (UK); Elizabeth Li (Unknown); Ewen Harrison (UK); Fareeda Galley (Ghana); Ian Thomson (UK); J. C. Allen Ingabire (Rwanda); Janet Martin (Canada); Mwayi Kachapila (Malawi); Natalie Rowland (UK); Omar Omar (Somalia or Kenya); Parvez Haque (Bangladesh or India); Rachel Lillywhite (UK); Richard Lilford (UK); Rob Lillywhite (UK); Samuel Cobbina (Ghana); Tracy Roberts (UK). Dissemination Committee (listed by country): Albania: I Dajti; Algeria: Z Djama; Argentina: M Lucchini, RM Palacios Huatuco; Australia: K Atherton; AC Dawson; E Lun; Austria: F Aigner; Belgium: F Berrevoet; Benin: I Lawani; S Lawani; C Bokossa; Bosnia and Herzegovina: S Delibegovic; Bulgaria: M Slavchev; Burkina Faso: AF Sanon, A Sanou; Burundi: JB Gusa, JC Mbonicura; Cameroon: A Bang; O Gabom; C Nwegbu; Canada: A Brar, J Martin; Chile: MM Modolo, M Olivos; Colombia: JA Calvache; Croatia: J Mihanovic; Cyprus: N Gouvas, A Yiallourou; Czech Republic: B East; Dominican Republic: S Batista, R Rivas; Ecuador: EP Lincango; Egypt: S Emile; Ethiopia: AB Aregawi; France: AP Arnaud; Gabon: N Boumas; Georgia: Z Demetrashvili; Germany: H Lederhuber, MW Löffler; Ghana: AE Agbeko; NB Sam; S Tabiri; F Agyei; FE Gyamfi; S Mohammed; Greece: I Katsaros, G Tsoulfas; India: L Bains; J Dhiman; D Ghosh; PD Haque; A Suroy; Ireland: S Ramjit; Israel: G Marom; Italy: F Pata, G Gallo; Jordan: F Ayasra; Kazakhstan: I R Fakhradiyev; Kenya: IHS Hamdun; Kyrguzstan: A Iqbal; Liberia: E Mbanzabugabo; Libya: M Elhadi; Lithuania: A Gulla; Madagascar: L Samison; Malawi: M Nyirenda, R Nyirenda; Malaysia: AC Roslani; Mali: B Bengaly; Malta: J Psaila; Mexico: L Martinez, A Ramos-De la Medina; Namibia: PR Nashidengo; New Zealand: M McGuinnes, D Wright; Niger: A Ousseini; Nigeria: A Adisa, AO Ademuyiwa; North Macedonia: T Risteski; Oman: Z Al Balushi; B Dawud; A AlSharqi; F Ali; Pakistan: AU Qureshi; Palestine: H Abu-Arish; Paraguay: H Gomez-Fernandez; Philippines: JM Faylona, MD Sacdalan; Poland: W Krawczyk; Portugal: JG Goncalves-Nobre; M Sampaio-Alves; I Santos; Romania: I Negoi; Russian Federation: A Butyrskii; Rwanda: JC Allen, F Ntirenganya; Sierra Leone: I Fortune; Slovenia: J Kosir; South Africa: N Parker, K Chu; Spain: A Minaya Bravo; Sri Lanka: D Wickramasinghe, U Jayarajah; Sudan: M Elmujtaba; Sweden: M Nikberg; Switzerland: E Gialamas; Syria: M Alshaar; Tanzania: M Nkoronko; Turkey: A Isik; Uganda: I Mubesi; United States: J NgKamstra; Venezuela: O Bahsas-Zaky. Hospital leads (listed by country and city): Albania: E Agastra (Korca; Regional Hospital of Korca); I Dajti (Tirana; University hospital Koco Gliozheni). Algeria: R Belouz (Algiers; CHU Isaad Hassani); Z Djama (Constantine; University Hospital Abdelhamid Ben Badis); A Mouffokes (Oran; EHU-1st November 1954). 2 Argentina: ME Muriel (Allende, Cordoba; Sanatorio Allende - Sede Cerro); RM Palacios Huatuco (Buenos Aires; Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires); M Santillan (Buenos Aires; Hospital Universitario CEMIC); A Duro (Buenos Aires; Hospital municipal de vicente lópez); JI Valenzuela (City of Buenos Aires; Hospital Velez Sarsfield); DA Pantoja Pachajoa (Cordoba; Clinica Universitaria Reina Fabiola); G Romero reyna (Cordoba; Sanatorio Allende - Sede Nueva Cordoba); CM Florián Villa (San Francisco; Clinica Regional del Este). Aruba: M Gosselink (Oranjestad; Dr. Horacio E Oduber Hospital). Australia: YH Lam, A Nguyen (Adelaide; Northern Adelaide Local Health Network); JA Duffield (Adelaide; Royal Adelaide Hospital); A Frankel (Brisbane; Princess Alexandra Hospital); S Bowman (Brisbane; Queen Elizabeth 2 Jubilee Hospital); D Mitchell (Brisbane; Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service); H Iswariah (Brisbane; The Prince Charles Hospital (TPCH)); S Abeykoon (Campbelltown; Campbelltown Hospital); S Gananadha (Canberra; Calvary Hospital); Canberra Hospital); S Salindera (Coffs Harbour NSW; Coffs Harbour Health Campus); S Stevens (Colac; Colac Area Health); AC Dawson (Gosford; Gosford Hospital); M Issa (Hamilton; Hamilton Base Hospital); E Wong (Melbourne; Angliss Hospital); L Bromley (Melbourne; Austin Hospital); Box Hill Hospital); K Jaffry (Melbourne; Casey Hospital); M Bickford (Melbourne; Knox Private Hospital); Maroondah Hospital); R Nataraja (Melbourne; Monash Childrens Hospital); R Hodgson (Melbourne; Northern Hospital); A Fox (Melbourne; St Vincent’s Hospital); M Wichmann (Mount Gambier; Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service); A Davis (Mount Nasura; Armadale Health Service); S Zhang (Newcastle; Calvary Mater Newcastle); M Ishak (Newcastle; John Hunter Hospital); R Liang (Robina; Robina Hospital); P Tang (Sale; Sale Hospital / Central Gippsland Health Service); R Liang (Southport; Gold Coast University Hospital); M Park (Sydney; Royal North Shore Hospital); C Cornwell (Sydney; The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital); E Page-Taylor (Toowoomba; Toowoomba Hospital); A Hameed (Westmead; Westmead Hospital); R McGee (Wyong; Wyong Public Hospital). Austria: I Königsrainer (Feldkirch; Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch); F Aigner (Graz; Barmherzige Brüder Krankenhaus, Graz); S Mikalauskas (Graz; Medical University of Graz); L Havranek (Linz; Ordensklinikum Linz Elisabethinen); A Binder (Tulln; Universitätsklinikum Tulln). Bangladesh: S Islam (Dhaka; Dhaka Medical College Hospital); MP Singh (Dinajpur; Lamb Hospital). Benin: G Gbessi (Cotonou; Centre National Hospitalier et Universitaire Hubert Koutoukou Maga); H Aouagbe Behanzin (Cotonou; Hopital de Menontin); M Agbadebo (Dassa-Zoumè; Hôpital de Zone de Dassa-Zoumè); E Bara (Kandi; Hôpital de zone de Kandi); AB Yevide (Klouékanme; Hopital de Zone de Klouékanme); TK Hessou (Natitingou; Centre Hospitalier Départemental de l’Atacora); AM Hodonou (Parakou; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Borgou Alibori); I Lawani (Porto Novo; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire et Departemental Oueme Plateau). Bosnia and Herzegovina: Z Matkovic (Doboj; Genera Hospital ‘Sveti aposto Luka’ Doboj); N Lalovic (Foča; University Hospital Foča); J Miskovic (Mostar; SKB University Clinical Hospital Mostar); M Salibašić (Sarajevo; Clinical Center University of Sarajevo); A Cerovac (Tešanj; General Hospital Tešanj); A Tursunovic (Tuzla; University Clinical Center Tuzla). Brazil: C Panis (Francisco Beltrão; Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná). 3 Bulgaria: T Ivanov (Pleven; Heart and Brain - Pleven Hospital); M Karamanliev (Pleven; University Hospital Dr Georgi Stranski, Medical University - Pleven); R Donchev (Plovdiv; MHAT St. Karidad); D Hadzhiev (Plovdiv; UMHAT Sveti Georgi); T Yotsov (Ruse; University Hospital Medika); E Hristova (Sofia; Fifth City Hospital Sofia - 5th MBAL). Burkina Faso: AF Sanon (Ouagadougou; Tengandogo University Hospital). Burundi: JC Mbonicura (Bujumbura; Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Kamenge); N Diomede (Bujumbura; Kamenge Military Hospital); J Gusa (Bujumbura; Prince Regent Charles Hospital). Cambodia: S Stock (Battambang; Handa Medical Centre). Cameroon: O Ndizeye (Bamenda; Nkwen Baptist Hospital). Canada: R Spence (Halifax; Queen Elizabeth II); S Lee (Port Moody; Eagle Ridge Hospital); S Lee (Vancouver; Royal Columbian Hospital). Chile: MM Modolo (Santiago; Hospital Barros Luco Trudeau). China: W Yang (Guangzhou; The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University). Colombia: CJ Perez Rivera (Bogota; Fundacion Cardioinfantil-IC); S Sierra (Medellin; Clínica CES); DS Garcés Palacios (Popayan; Hospital Susana Lopez de Valencia); JA Calvache (Popayán; Hospital Universitario San José). Croatia: J Mihanovic (Zadar; Zadar General Hospital); G Augustin (Zagreb; University Hospital Centre Zagreb). Cyprus: A Yiallourou (Nicosia; Nicosia General Hospital). Czech Republic: J Moravik (Decin; Krajská zdravotní as - Hospital Decin); A Al Kaddah (Hradec Kralove; Charles University Hospital); Z Musilová (Ivančice; Hospital Ivančice); M Schön (Novy Jicin; Hospital; Oncological Centre Novy Jicin); J Roman (Ostrava; University Hospital Ostrava); B East (Prague; Motol University Hospital). Dominican Republic: R Rivas (Santo Domingo; CEDIMAT - Centro de Diagnóstico; Medicina Avanzada; Laboratorio y Telemedicina). Egypt: G Abouelnagah (Alexandria; Alexandria Main University Hospital); D Attia (Alexandria; Alexandria Medical Research Institute); G Abouelnagah (Alexandria; Smouha University Hospital); A Maher (Assiut; Assiut University Children Hospital); A Kedwany (Assiut; Assiut University Hospital); S Abdelmohsen (Aswan; Aswan University Hospital, Aswan University); R Adel Diab (Cairo; Al Zahraa University Hospital); A Al-Mallah (Cairo; Al-Azhar University Hospitals); H Taher (Cairo; Cairo University Children’s Hospitals (CUSPH; CUCH)); H Abozied (Cairo; EL-Hussein University Hospital; Al-Azhar University; Faculty Of Medicine); ASM Abdelrahman (Cairo; Giza International Hospital); M ElFiky, N Shehata (Cairo; Kasr Al Ainy Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University); B Fahmy (Giza; The Memorial Soaad Kafafi University Hospital); H Elghadban (Mansoura; Mansoura University Hospital); E Adel Mahmod Sultan (Menofia; Menofia University Hospital); M Omar (Qena; Qena University Hospital); EA Ahmed (Sohag; Sohag University Hospital); AM Elkhouly (Tanta; Tanta University Hospital); A Asla (Zagazig; Al Ahrar Zagazig Teaching Hospital). Ethiopia: F Terefe (Addis Ababa; Yekatit 12 hospital medical college); A Yeshitila (Deberebirhan; Hakim Gizaw Hospital); M Taeme (Dessie; Dessie Referral Hospital); A Demessie (Gondar; Gondar University Comprehensive specialized hospital); AB Aregawi (Hawassa; Hawassa University 4 Comprehensive Specialized Hospital); N S. Bayleyegn (Jimma; Jimma University Medical Center); B Sime (Yirgalem; Yirgalem Hospital Medical College). France: A Police (Eaubonne; Hôpital Simone Veil); A Castaldi (Nimes; Hôpital Carèmeau); E Reitano (Strasbourg; Nouvel Hopital Civil de Strasbourg). Gabon: N Boumas (Libreville; Centre Hospitalier universitaire mère enfant Fondation Jeanne Ebori). Georgia: Z Demetrashvili (Tbilisi; N. Kipshidze Central University Clinic). Germany: C Kamphues (Berlin; Park-Klinik Weissensee); D Hackner (Erlangen; Universitätsklinikum Erlangen); U Ronellenfitsch (Halle; University Hospital Halle); J Rolinger (Moenchengladbach; Kliniken Maria Hilf); D Reim (Munich; Klinikum Rechts der Isar TUM School of Medicine); N Börner (Munich; Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich - Großhadern); J Goedeke (Munich; Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich - Innenstadt); AE Gut (München; Isarklinikum); M Janda (Rostock; University Hospital Rostock); J De Deken (Saarbruecken; Klinikum Saarbruecken); MW Löffler (Tuebingen; University Hospital Tuebingen). Ghana: R Armah (Accra; Greater Accra Regional Hospital); A Bediako Bowan (Accra; Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital); E Kafui Ayodeji (Accra; Pentecost Hospital); EA Arkoh (Ankaful; Ankaful Leprosy General Hospital); FE Gyamfi (Berekum; Berekum Holy Family Hospital); A Davor (Bolgatanga; Upper East Regional Hospital); MT Morna (Cape-Coast; Cape Coast Teaching Hospital); N Agboadoh (Damongo; St. Anne’s Hospital); EA Nachelleh (Ho; Ho Teaching Hospital); AE Agbeko (Kumasi; Komfo-Anokye Teaching Hospital); S Mensah (Kumasi; University Hospital, KNUST); P Taah-Amoako (Nsawkaw; Tain District Hospital); K Collins (Sunyani; Brong-Ahafo Regional Hospital); AS Seidu (Tamale; Tamale Teaching Hospital); BK Seshie (Tema; Tema General Hospital); G Ansong (Walewale; Walewale Government Hospital). Greece: K Kambouri (Alexandroupolis; Alexandroupolis University General Hospital); A Kyriakidis (Amfissa; General Hospital of Amfissa); D Korkolis (Athens; Agios Savvas Anticancer Hospital); N Memos (Athens; Aretaieion Hospital); D Kelgiorgi (Athens; Athens Euroclinic); C Chouliaras (Athens; Athens Medical Center); E Fradelos (Athens; Athens Naval and Veterans Hospital); N Michalopoulos (Athens; Attikon University General Hospital); N Dimitrokallis (Athens; Evaggelismos General Hospital); A Paspala (Athens; Evgenideio Hospital); P Christodoulou (Athens; General Hospital Asklepieio Voulas); EC Tampaki (Athens; KAT Athens General Hospital); D Schizas (Athens; Laiko University Hospital); K Kontzoglou (Athens; National and Kapodistrian University of Athens); M Spartalis (Athens; Sotiria General Hospital of Thoracic Diseases); M Billis (Filiates; General Hospital of Filiates); N Tsakiridis (Florina; Florina General Hospital ‘Eleni Th. Dimitriou’); A Karakosta (Ioannina; University Hospital of Ioannina); D Panagopoulos (Kyparissia; General Hospital of Messinia, Hospital Unit of Kyparissia); G Koukoulis (Larissa; General Hospital of Larissa ‘Koutlimpaneio and Triantafylleio’); G Christodoulidis (Larrisa; General University Hospital of Larissa); K Bouchagier (Patras; General University Hospital of Patras); V Mousafeiris (Patras; Karamandaneio Prefecture Children Hospital of Patras); A Papadopoulos (Piraeus; General Hospital of Nikaia); L Katsiaras (Piraeus; Metaxa Cancer Hospital); N Zampitis (Piraeus; Tzaneio General Hospital); O Ioannidis (Thessaloniki; George Papanikolaou General Hospital of Thessaloniki); M Drogouti 5 (Thessaloniki; O Agios Dimitrios General Hospital); C Kaselas (Thessaloniki; Papageorgiou General Hospital); D Lytras (Volos; Achillopoyleio General Hospital of Volos). Guatemala: M Aguilera-Arevalo (Guatemala City; Hospital General San Juan De Dios); L TaléRosales (Guatemala City; Hospital Juan Jose Arevalo Bermejo); ST Torres Rodríguez (Guatemala City; Hospital de Referencia Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias). India: N Krishnappa (Bangalore, Karnataka; BGS Global Institute of Medical Sciences); S Kumar Venkatappa (Bangalore; Victoria Hospital); TS Mishra (Bhubaneswar; All India Institute Of Medical Sciences - Bhubaneswar); Y Sakaray (Chandigarh; Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education; Research Chandigarh; India); R Kottayasamy Seenivasagam (Coimbatore; PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research); R Sharma (DELHI; St Stephen’s Hospital); R Gupta (Dehradun; Synergy Institute of Medical Sciences); M Luthra (Delhi; Holy Family Hospital); T Longkumer (Dimapur; Christian Institute of Health Sciences and Research); A Chhabra (Faridkot; Guru Gobind Singh Medical College; Hospital (Baba Farid University of Health Sciences)); T Doma Bhutia (Gangtok; Sir Thutob Namgyal Memorial Hospital Sochakgang); M Pathak (Jodhpur; All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Jodhpur); J Rathod (Karamsad; Shree Krishna Hospital); MK Agrawal (Lucknow; King George’s Medical University); D Jain (Ludhiana; Christian Medical College; Hospital); NK Chaudhry (Ludhiana; Satguru Partap Singh Hospital); A Mathew (Madhepura; Madhepura Christian Hospital); P Alexander (Manali; Lady Willingdon Hospital); V Kumar (Manipal; Kasturba Medical College Hospital, Manipal); RD Sharma (Mumbai; Lilavati Hospital; Research Centre); B Sarang (Mumbai; Terna Medical College and Hospital); D Singh (Nandurbar; Chinchpada Christian Hospital); N Gupta (New Delhi; ABVIMS Dr RML Hospital); S Kulkarni (New Delhi; Army Hospital Research; Referral New Delhi); T Rashid (New Delhi; Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences; Research); L Bains (New Delhi; Maulana Azad Medical College); T Iahmo (Padhar; Padhar Hospital); A Kumar (Patiala; Government Medical College Patiala); M Kumar (Patna; All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna); R Abhinaya (Pondicherry; Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research); VS Jha (Pune; Command Hospital, Southern Command); D Dugar (Raipur; All India Institute of Medical Sciences Raipur); S Basu (Rishikesh; All India Institute Of Medical Sciences); K Singh (SAS Nagar (Mohali); BR Ambedkar State Institute of Medical Sciences Mohali); C Mahakalkar (Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha; Acharya Vinoba Bhave Rural Hospital); FQ Parray (Srinagar; Sher-iKashmir Institute of Medical Sciences); JA Kalyanapu (Tezpur; Baptist Christian Hospital); M Chisthi (Thiruvananthapuram; Government Medical College Thiruvananthapuram); A Kavalakat (Thrissur; Jubilee Mission Medical College; Research Institute); B Roopavathana. S (Vellore; Hospital). Iran, Islamic Rep. : N Yousefzadeh Kandevani (Bastak; Farabi hospital); M Pourfridoni (Jiroft; Imam Khomeini Hospital). Iraq: R Raheem Attallah Al_obaidy (Anbar; Heet General hospital); Z Alkhuzaie (Najaf; Al Batool private hospital); MA Al-Juaifari (Najaf; Al-Najaf Al-Ashraf Teaching Hospital). Ireland: S Ramjit (Dublin; St James’s Hospital); R Tummon (Kerry; University Hospital Kerry). Israel: S Abu Salem (Jerusalem; Hadassah Medical Center). 6 Italy: R Sulce (Arezzo; Ospedale San Donato USL Toscana Sud Est); PM Cicerchia (Ariccia; Ospedale dei Castelli (N. O. C. )); E Marra (Aversa; San Giuseppe Moscati); M Rottoli (Bologna; IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna); J Andreuccetti (Brescia; ASST Spedali Civili, Ospedale di Brescia); E Locci (Cagliari; Cagliari University Hospital); F Cappellacci (Cagliari; Chirurgia Generale e Polispecialistica, Cagliari University Ospital ‘Duilio Casula’); N Cillara (Cagliari; Santissima Trinità - ATS Sardegna); E Abate (Carate Brianza (MB); Ospedale Vittorio Emanuele III - Carate Brianza); F Ascari (Carpi; Ramazzini); S Romano (Casarano; Francesco Ferrari Hospital); M Veroux (Catania; Azienda Ospedaliero- Universitaria Policlinico San Marco); B Nardo (Cosenza; Azienda Ospedaliera di Cosenza); D Sasia (Cuneo; Santa Croce e Carle Hospital, Cuneo); G Baronio (Esine; ASST Valcamonica Ospedale di Esine); N Fabbri (Ferrara; Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale di Ferrara); J Martellucci (Firenze; Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi); G Canonico (Firenze; Ospedale San Giovanni di Dio); V Lizzi (Foggia; Ospedali Riuniti Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria); F D’acapito (Forlì; Morgagni-Pierantoni); D Merlini (Garbagnate Milanese; ASST Rhodense - Ospedale di Garbagnate Milanese); A Barberis (Genoa; E. O. Ospedali Galliera); MF Amisano (Genoa; IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino); A Luzzi (Genoa; Ospedale Villa Scassi); F Palmieri (Gravedona ed Uniti; Ospedale Moriggia Pelascini); CL Bertoglio (Magenta; Ospedale ‘G. Fornaroli’, ASST-OVEST Milanese); E Baldini (Melzo; Ospedale Santa Maria delle Stelle, ASST Melegnano Martesana); M Ceolin (Milan; Humanitas Research Hospital); P De Nardi (Milan; IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan); MG Piacentini (Milan; Ospedale Fatebenefratelli e Oftalmico); F Ferrara (Milan; San Carlo Borromeo); F Brucchi (Milan; Sesto San Giovanni Hospital); F Di Marco (Modica; Ospedale Maggiore); N Tamini (Monza; Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori Monza; Scuola di Medicina e Chirurgia; Università Milano Bicocca); P Anoldo (Naples; Federico II University of Naples); R Patrone (Naples; Istituto Nazionale Tumori Fondazione, Pascale IRCCS); F Selvaggi (Naples; Primo Policlinico di Napoli); G Bellio (Padova; Piove di Sacco Hospital); P Venturelli (Palermo; Policlinico Universitario Paolo Giaccone); L Conti (Piacenza; G. Da Saliceto); L Morelli (Pisa; Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana); SMM Basso (Pordenone; Azienda Sanitaria Friuli Occidentale (AS FO)); F Biolchini (Reggio Emilia; Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale - IRCCS di Reggio Emilia); C Marafante (Rivoli; Ospedale degli Infermi di Rivoli); A Antinori (Rome; Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli); M Campanelli (Rome; Policlinico Tor Vergata Hospital, Rome); P Lapolla (Rome; Policlinico Umberto I Sapienza University of Rome); G Palomba (Salerno; San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d’Aragona); L Cardinali (San Benedetto del Tronto; Madonna del Soccorso Hospital); E Andolfi (Sansepolcro; Valtiberina); L Verre (Siena; Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Senese); G Poillucci (Spoleto (PG); San Matteo degli Infermi); E Pontecorvi (Sulmona; SS Annunziata); S Novello (Treviso; Ospedale Ca’ Foncello - Università di Padova (DISCOG)); M Santarelli (Turin; Città della Salute e della Scienza); L Cobellis (Vallo Della Lucania; Casa di Cura Prof. Dott. Luigi Cobellis); G Ietto (Varese Lombardy; University of Insubria, Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi (Varese)); F Pederiva (Varese; Filippo Del Ponte Hospital, University of Insubria); A Iacomino (Venezia; Ospedale Civile - Santi Giovanni e Paolo); D Verdi (Venice; Mirano Hospital); A Broglia (Voghera; Ospedale Civile di Voghera); P Cianci (andria; Lorenzo Bonomo); M Angelucci 7 (rome; policlinico universitario campus bio medico of rome); G Calini (udine; santa maria della misericordia). Japan: H Yonekura (Aichi; Fujita Health University Bantane Hospital). Jordan: S Alananzeh (Ajloun; Al Iman Hospital); A Qasem (Amman; Al-Basheer Hospital); Y Alawneh (Amman; Ibn Al Haitham Hospital); S Al-Tahayneh (Amman; Islamic Hospital); A Khamees (Amman; Jordan University Hospital); MEH Albanna (Amman; Marka Specialty Hospital); RKZ Almahadin (Amman; Prince Hamza hospital); M Mahafdah (Ar Ramtha; King Abdullah University Hospital/ Jordan University of Science and Technology); O Mansour (As-Salt; Al Hussain New Salt Hospital); M Mubarak (Irbid; Ar Ramtha Govermental Hospital); A Alrababah (Irbid; Princess Basma Hospital). Kazakhstan: M Kulimbet (Almaty; City Clinical Hospital No. 7, Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University); I Fakhradiyev (Almaty; JSC ‘Central Clinical Hospital’, Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University). Kenya: R Parker (Bomet; Tenwek Hospital). Lebanon: D Rahme (Beirut; Hopital Libanais Geitaoui); H Hamdar (Jbail; Maritime Hospital). Libya: W Ebrahim (Albayda; Albayda Medical Center); M Saleh (Benghazi; Al-jalaa Teaching/Trauma Hospital); S Alsaeiti (Benghazi; Benghazi Children’s Hospital); R Michael (Benghazi; Benghazi Medical Center); A Bojazyah (Darna; Al-Wahda Hospital); H Bileid Bakeer (Gharyan; Gharyan Central Hospital); M Abudabbous, N Albahloul (Misurata; Misurata Central Hospital); A Egdeer (Nalut; Nalut Central Hospital); H Embarek (Sebha; Al-Majd Clinic); M Abdelkabir (Sebha; Aseel Alghad Clinic); H Idheiraj (Sebha; Sabha Medical Center); R Salim (Tobruk; Tobruk Medical Center); K Ayad (Tripoli; Alkhalil hospital); A Alragheai (Tripoli; Metiga Hospital); S Egreara (Tripoli; Sabratha teaching hospital); S Timmalah (Tripoli; Tripoli Medical Center/ Tripoli University Hospital); N Lahmer (Zawia; Zawia Teaching Hospital); N Ben Hasan (Zliten; Zliten Teaching Hospital). Lithuania: D Venskutonis (Kaunas; LUHS Kaunas Hospital); A Dauksa (Kaunas; Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas Clinics); A Gulla (Vilnius; Vilnius University Hospital). Madagascar: F Rasoaherinomenjanahary (Antananarivo; Joseph Ravoahangy Andrianavalona Hospital). Malaysia: MS Mohd Shah (Kelantan; Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia); R Noor (Kota Bharu; Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainab II); SN Loke (Kuching, Sarawak; Sarawak General Hospital); MA Yunus (Malacca; Hospital Jasin); H Amin-Tai (Serdang; Hospital Pengajar Universiti Putra Malaysia (HPUPM)). Mali: KS Dembele (Ségou; District Hospital of Tominian). Malta: J Psaila (Msida; Mater Dei Hospital). Mexico: CM Nuño-Guzmán (Guadalajara; Antiguo Hospital Civil de Guadalajara); LA Flores Chávez (Guadalajara; Clínica de Especialidades más Centro de Cirugía Simplificada); CM Nuño-Guzmán, G Yanowsky-Reyes (Guadalajara; Hospital Civil Fray Antonio Alcalde); A Gonzalez Ojeda (Guadalajara; Hospital de Especialidades, CMNO-IMSS); G Ambriz González (Guadalajara; UMAE Hospital de Pediatria Centro Medico Nacional de Occidentes IMSS); EE Lozada Hernandez (León; Hospital Regional e Alta Especialidad del Bajio); M Trejo-Avila (Mexico City; Hospital General Dr. Manuel Gea González); C Moreno-Licea (Mexico City; Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición 8 ‘Salvador Zubirán’); A Navarrete-Peón (Pachuca; Sociedad Española de Beneficencia); M Noguez Castillo (Querétaro; Hospital de especialidades del niño y la mujer); A Ramos-De la Medina (Veracruz; Hospital Español Veracruz). Morocco: I Gouazar (Marrakech; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Mohammed VI, Marrakech); A Ouachhou (Rabat; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Ibn Sina Rabat). Namibia: PR Nashidengo (Windhoek; Windhoek Central Academic Hospital). New Zealand: S Rennie (Masterton; Wairarapa Hospital); M Haimona (Wellington; Wellington Regional Hospital); F Fadzlullah (Whanganui; Whanganui Hospital); L Paterson (Whangarei; Whangarei Hospital). Nigeria: A Adeyeye (Ado Ekiti; Afe Babalola University Multi-System Hospital); J Olaogun (Ado-Ekiti; Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital); N Oloko (Bauchi; Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital Bauchi); P Agbonrofo (Benin City; University of Benin Teaching Hospital); A Abiodun (Bida; Federal Medical Centre Bida); U Ezomike (Enugu; University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital); SA Sani (Gwagwalada; University of Abuja Teaching Hospital); TA Lawal (Ibadan; University College Hospital); AO Lawal (Idi Araba; Lagos University Teaching Hospital); AI Okunlola (Ido Ekiti; Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido Ekiti); OM Williams (Ikeja; Lagos State University Teaching Hospital); A Adisa (Ile-Ife; Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex); T Mohammed (Ilesa; Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex Wesley Guild Hospital Unit); P Elemile (Ilishan-Remo; Babcock University Teaching Hospital); II Aremu (Ilorin; General Hospital); L Abdur-Rahman (Ilorin; University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital); JG Makama (Kaduna; Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital); IU Garzali (Kano; Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital); TT Ibiyeye (Lokoja; Federal Teaching Hospital Lokoja); OH Ekwunife (Nnewi; Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital); OH Ekwunife (Onitsha; Holy Rosary Specialist Hospital); O Ojewuyi (Osogbo; UNIOSUN Teaching Hospital); I Ogundele (Sagamu; Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital); M Daniyan (Zaria; Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital). North Macedonia: T Risteski (Skopje; University Clinic for Pediatric Surgery). Oman: H Al-Aamri (Ibra; Ibra Hospital); AH ALSharqi (Muscat; Sultan Qaboos University Hospital); M Al Hinai (Nizwa; Nizwa Hospital). Pakistan: S Ahmed (Islamabad; Dr Akbar Niazi Teaching Hospital); SH Waqar (Islamabad; The Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences); M Shahid (Karachi; PAF Faisal Hospital); F Ashraf (Karachi; Patel Hospital); AN Syed (Karachi; The Indus Hospital); AS Ammar (Lahore; Bahria International Hospital, Bahria Orchard); K Hayat (Lahore; Services Hospital Lahore); N Talat (Lahore; The Children’s Hospital; The Institute of Child Health Lahore); W Mabood (Peshawar; Mercy Teaching Hospital); HW Bhatti (Rawalpindi; Benazir Bhutto Hospital); M Usman Malik (Sargodha; District Headquarter; Teaching Hospital - Sargodha). Palestine: B Mohamad (Bethlehem, West Bank; Beit Jala Governmental Hospital (Al Hussein)); A Alwali (Gaza; Al-Shifa Hospital); A AbuNemer (Gaza; Nasser Hospital); S Alijla (Gaza; Palestine Red Crescent Society - Al-amal Hospital); H Ayesh (Hebron, West Bank; Al-Ahli Hospital); H Abu-Arish (Hebron, West Bank; Governmental Hebron Hospital-Alia); D Rabaia; A Jaber (Jenin; West Bank; The 9 Martyr Dr. Khalil Sulaiman Hospital (Jenin Governmental Hospital)); M MohammedAli (Nablus, West Bank; Rafidia Hospital); A Attili (Tulkarm, West Bank; Martyr Thabet Thabet Govermental Hospital). Paraguay: OM Cuenca Torres (Asuncion; Hospital de Clínicas; II Cátedra de Clínica Quirúrgica; Universidad Nacional de Asunción). Peru: V Panduro-Correa (Huánuco; Hospital Regional Hermilio Valdizán Medrano); L Fuentes Rivera Lau (Lima; British American Hospital); CF Huaroto Landeo (Lima; Clinica Internacional); G Mendiola (Lima; Hospital Santa Rosa de Lima); Y Carpio Colmenares (Lima; SANNA - Clínica El Golf); C Shiraishi Zapata (Paita; Hospital I Miguel Cruzado Vera EsSalud); R Díaz-Ruiz (Piura; Jose Cayetano Heredia III Regional Hospital). Poland: Ł Nawacki (Kielce; Wojewódzki Szpital Zespolony w Kielcach); M Kisielewski (Krakow; 5th Military Clinical Hospital); Z Orzeszko (Krakow; Brothers Hospitallers Hospital); M Matyja (Krakow; Jagiellonian University Medical College); W Krawczyk (Sosnowiec; Wojewódzki Szpiital Specjalistyczny nr 5 im. Św Barbary); M Walędziak (Warsaw; Military Institute Of Medicine); JK Zajac (Wroclaw; Regional Specialist Hospital in Wroclaw); F Brzeszczyński (Łódź; Copernicus Memorial Hospital). Portugal: S Henriques (Almada; Hospital Garcia de Orta); J Frazão (Amadora; Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando Fonseca, E. P. E. ); S Gaspar Reis (Barreiro; Centro Hospitalar Barreiro Montijo, EPE); AR Mateus Loureiro (Caldas da Rainha; Hospital das Caldas da Rainha - Centro Hospitalar do Oeste, E. P. E); M Reia (Elvas; Hospital Santa Luzia Elvas); J Pinho (Figueira da Foz; Hospital Distrital da Figueira da Foz); DG Alves (Funchal; Hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça); R Silva Borges (Horta; Hospital da Horta, E. P. E. ); E Borges (Lisbon; Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte); M Nunes (Matosinhos; Unidade Local de Saude de Matosinhos - Hospital Pedro Hispano); A Faustino (Ponta Delgada; Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo); G Fialho (Portalegre; Hospital Doutor José Maria Grande); J Dias-Ferreira (Porto; Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de São João); M Santos (Porto; Hospital da Prelada); J Marques Antunes (Santa Maria da Feira; Centro Hospitalar Entre o Douro e Vouga); H Devesa (Santarem; Hospital de Santarem); J Ricardo (Santiago do Cacém; Hospital do Litoral Alentejano); R Branquinho (Tomar; Centro Hospitalar Médio Tejo); J Fernandes (Vila Franca de Xira; Hospital Vila Franca de Xira); J Pereira-Macedo (Vila Nova de Famalicao; Centro Hospitalar do Medio Ave); B Vieira (Vila Real; Centro Hospitalar de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, E. P. E. ). Qatar: CE Guldogan (Doha; Turkish Hospital). Romania: ST Makkai-Popa (Brasov; Regina Maria); F Grama (Bucharest; Coltea Clinical Hospital); EA Toma (Bucharest; Elias Emergency Hospital); I Negoi (Bucharest; Emergency Clinical Hospital Bucharest); M Muresan (Cluj-Napoca; Medicover Hospital Cluj). Russian Federation: V Kakotkin (Kaliningrad; Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Regional Clinical Hospital); A Bedzhanyan (Moscow; Petrovsky National Research Centre of Surgery); S Katorkin (Samara; Hospital Surgery Clinic of Samara State Medical University); A Butyrskii (Simferopol; Municipal Emegency Hospital No. 6); V Ten (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk; Private healthcare institution ‘RZD-Medicine’). Rwanda: N Christian (Huye, Gisagara; Butare university teaching hospital (CHUB)); C Mpirimbanyi (Kigali; Kibagabaga Hospital); A Costas-Chavarri (Kigali; Rwanda Military Hospital). 10 Saudi Arabia: N Alzerwi (Al-Majmaah; King Khalid General Hospital); A Shabkah (Jeddah; International Medical Center); A Nawawi (Jeddah; King Abdulaziz University Hospital); N Alzerwi (Riyadh; King Salman Hospital in Riyadh); S Chowdhury (Riyadh; King Saud Medical City); DY Alalawi (Tabuk; King Salman Armed Forces Hospital); S Awad (Taif City; King Faisal Medical Complex). Serbia: A Karamarkovic (Belgrade; Zvezdara University Medical Center). Slovenia: JA Košir (Ljubljana; University Medical Centre). South Africa: M Flint (Cape Town; Groote Schuur Hospital); A Victor (Cape Town; Karl Bremer Hospital); SS Verhage (Cape Town; Khayelitsha District Hospital); F Gool (Cape Town; Mitchell’s Plain District Hospital); T Mabogoane (Cape Town; Victoria Hospital Wynberg); B Phakathi (Durban; King Edward VIII Hospital); V Pillay (Durban; Stanger Hospital); R Jayakrishnan (East London; Cecilia Makiwane Hospital); Y Manickchund (East London; Frere Hospital); O Jolayemi (Empangeni; Ngwelezana Hospital); H Stark (George; George Hospital); C Molewa (Johannesburg; Edenvale); H Wain (Pietermaritzburg; Edendale Hospital); D Montwedi (Pretoria; Kalafong Academic Hospital); G De Wee (Upington; Dr Harry Surtie Hospital); C Dempers (Worcester; Worcester Provincial Hospital). Spain: H Aguado López (Albacete; Hellín Hospital); MDM Martí-Ejarque (BARCELONA; Hospital Universitari Sagrat Cor); A Torroella (Barcelona; HM Nou Delfos); O Martin Sole (Barcelona; Hospital Sant Joan de Deu); A Landaluce-Olavarria (Bizkaia; Hospital Urduliz); V Alonso (Burgos; Hospital Universitario de Burgos); Á Fernández Camuñas (Ciudad Real; Hospital General Universitario de Ciudad Real); M Estaire Gómez (Leganés; Severo Ochoa University Hospital); AG Barranquero (Lleida; Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova); L Marquez (Madrid; Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja San Jose y Santa Adela); P Serrano Méndez (Madrid; Hospital Clinico San Carlos); A Vilar (Madrid; Hospital Universitario Principe de Asturias); J Guevara (Madrid; Hospital Universitario la Paz); AM Minaya Bravo (Madrid; Hospital del Henares); JL Rodicio Miravalles (Oviedo; Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias (HUCA)); R Díaz Pedrero (Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Madrid; Hospital Universitario HM Rivas); L Tallon-Aguilar (Sevilla; Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio); A Curado Soriano (Seville; Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena); Z Balciscueta (Valencia; Hospital Arnau de Vilanova); D Moro-Valdezate (Valencia; Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia); B De Andrés-Asenjo (Valladolid; Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid); A Vazquez Melero (Vitoria-Gasteiz; Hospital Universitario Araba); J Escartin (Zaragoza; Hospital Royo Villanova); C Gracia-Roche (Zaragoza; Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet). Sri Lanka: S Srishankar (Anuradhapura; Teaching Hospital Anuradhapura); D Wickramasinghe (Colombo; National Hospital of Sri Lanka); U Jayarajah (Dehiwala; Colombo South Teaching Hospital); S Gobishangar (Jaffna; Teaching Hospital, Jaffna); W Wijenayake (Werahera; University Hospital, Kotelawala Defence University). Sudan: I Abdalla (Ed Dueim; Ed Dueim Teaching Hospital); S Ibrahim Tour Harakan (El Geneina; El Geneina teaching Hospital); MM Yassin (Gadarif city; Gadarif teaching hospital); Z Aljalabi (Kassala; Police hospital); I Adel (Khartoum; Bashair Teaching Hospital); IMG Ahmed (Khartoum; Ibrahim Malik Teaching Hospital); M Hajalamin (Khartoum; Omdurman Teaching Hospital); EE Abuobaida Banaga 11 Hag El Tayeb (Khartoum; Ribat university hospital); HA Fadlalmola (Khartoum; Soba University Hospital); E Alkhalifa (Wad Madani; University of Gezira Hospital). Sweden: H Zaigham (Malmö; Skåne University Hospital); M Nikberg (Vasteras; Västmanlands Hospital Västerås). Switzerland: P Probst (Frauenfeld; Spital Thurgau AG); E Gialamas (Geneva; Geneva University Hospitals); J Gass (Luzern; Luzerner Kantonsspital); A Tampakis (Olten; Kantonsspital Olten); G Peros (Winterthur; Kantonsspital Winterthur); MA Schneider (Zurich; University Hospital of Zurich). Syrian Arab Republic: MA Farho (Aleppo; Abd Al Wahab Agha Hospital); AA Kayali (Aleppo; AlShahbaa Private Hospital); M Aloulou (Aleppo; Aleppo Private Hospital); A Ghazal (Aleppo; Aleppo University Hospital); B Alsaid (Damascus; Al assad university hospital); M Klib (Damascus; AlMouwasat University Hospital); H Dalati (Damascus; Children’s University Hospital); S Jomaa (Damascus; Damascus Hospital); Y Alhammoud (Homs; Al-Basel Specialized Hospital in Karm ElLouz); S Abbas (Homs; The Military Hospital); G Hneino (Latakia; Al Saydeh Surgical Hospital); I Ali (Latakia; National Hospital); G Bashour (Latakia; Othaman Hospital); A Hammed (Latakia; Tishreen University Hospital). Thailand: S Techapongsatorn (Bangkok; Vajira hospital). Togo: F Alassani (Lomé; CHU Sylvanus Olympio). Tunisia: A Sebai (Tunis; La Rabta Hospital). Turkey: GC Bulbuloglu (Adana; Adana Seyhan State Hospital); MA Koç (Ankara; Ankara University Medical School); MY Uzunoglu (Bursa; Bursa City Hospital); B Yigit (Elazig; Elazig Fethi Sekin City Hospital); AN Sanli (Gaziantep; Abdulkadir Yuksel State Hospital); GK Kurtoglu (Istanbul; Acibadem Altunizade Hospital); E Tuzuner (Istanbul; Acibadem Maslak Hospital); Y Altinel (Istanbul; Bagcilar Research And Training Hospital); ÖP Zanbak Mutlu (Istanbul; Bahçelievler State Hospital); RE Sönmez (Istanbul; Istanbul Medeniyet University, School of Medicine); S Bektas (Istanbul; Istanbul Medipol University Hospital); E Erginöz (Istanbul; Istanbul universty - Cerrahpaşa Medical faculty); A Özcan (Istanbul; Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital); Y Tosun (Istanbul; Kartal Dr. Lutfi Kirdar Training and Research Hospital); İH Özata (Istanbul; Koç University Medical School); TK Uprak (Istanbul; Marmara University, School of Medicine); E Unal (Istanbul; Sehit Prof. Dr. İlhan Varank Training and Research Hospital); N Kiziltoprak (Istanbul; Sultan 2. Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences); M Ergenç (Istanbul; Sultanbeyli State Hospital); MT Demirpolat (Istanbul; University of Health Science Umraniye Education and Research Hospital); B Citgez (Istanbul; Uskudar University Faculty of Medicine, Memorial Hospital); H Ulman (Izmir; Bakircay University Cigli Training and Research Hospital); YK Şen (Izmir; University of Health Sciences Izmir Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital); E Colak (Samsun; Samsun University Samsun Training and Research Hospital); N Kavak (Zonguldak; Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University School of Medicine Research and Training Hospital); E Kamer (İzmir; University of Health Sciences Tepecik Training and Research Hospital). Uganda: I Mubezi (Iganga; Iganga district hospital); H Lule (Kigumba; Kiryandongo Hospital); S Stonelake (Luwero; Kiwoko Hospital). 12 United Kingdom: CS Ong (Bangor, North Wales; Ysbyty Gwynedd); P Patel (Barrow in Furness; Furness General Hospital); S Dindyal (Basildon; Basildon University Hospital); F Georgiades (Bedford; Bedford Hospital); J Abbasy (Birmingham; Heartlands Hospital); M Kaur (Brighton; Royal Sussex County Hospital); B Martin (Bristol; Bristol Royal Hospital for Children); M Chauhan (Camberley; Frimley Health NHS FT - Frimley Park); S Ahmed (Chester; Countess of Chester Hospital); M Tutton (Colchester; Colchester Hospital University); N Chidumije (Coventry; University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust); W Al-Khyatt (Derby; Royal Derby Hospital); A Sukumar (Dudley; Russell’s Hall Hospital); H Kamal (Dundee; Ninewells Hospital); A Nada (Durham; University Hospital North Durham); A Chaudhary (Exeter; Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital); M Bogdan (Great Yarmouth; James Paget Univeristy NHS Foundation Trust Hospital); M Peter (Huddersfield; Huddersfield Royal Infirmary); J Walshaw (Hull; Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust); M Ewedah (Ilford; King George Hospital); L Rampersad (Larbert; Forth Valley Royal Hospital); A Peckham-Cooper, NS Blencowe (Leeds; Leeds Teaching Hospitals); R Lunevicius (Liverpool; Aintree University Hospital); P Panahi (London; Ealing Hospital); E Baili (London; Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals); K Theodoropoulou (London; Homerton University Hospital); P Kapsampelis (London; Kingston); MMH Mohammed (London; Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich); C Parmar (London; The Whittington Hospital); University Hospital Lewisham); C Smart (Macclesfield; Macclesfield District General Hospital); P Wilson (Manchester; Wythenshawe Hospital); F Gareb (Margate; Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital Margate); G Sundaram Venkatesan (Middlesbrough; James Cook University Hospital); C Hidalgo Salinas (Morecambe; Royal Lancaster Infirmary); S Tingle (North Shields; Northumbria NHS Hospital Trust); N Marzouqa (Nottingham; Queens Medical Centre); T Theivendrampillai (Oxford; John Radcliffe Hospital); M Zahed Abdalla (Portsmouth; Queen Alexandra Hospital); A Rahman (Redhill; East Surrey Hospital); M Abdelkarim (Rhyl; Glan Clwyd Hospital); O Whitehurst (Salford; Salford Royal Hospital); E Tokidis (Sheffield; Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust); S Bandyopadhyay (Southampton; Southampton General Hospital); B Al-Sarireh (Swansea; Morriston Hospital Swansea); A Salam (Walsall; Walsall Manor Hospital). United States: M Sulciner (Boston; Brigham and Women’s Hospital); G Chang (Chicago, IL; Mount Sinai Hospital); A Alecci (Chicago, IL; Rush University Medical Centre); HE Rice (Durham, NC; Duke University Medical Center); D Ridder (Honolulu, Hawaii; The Queen’s Medical Center); K McKenzie (Jamaica; Jamaica Hospital); A Choudhry (Syracuse; SUNY Upstate University Hospital). Yemen, Rep. : MY Abdualqader (Hajjah; Kowaydina hospital); B Alshaikh (Sana’a; Al-Thawra Modern General Hospital). Collaborators (listed by country and city): Albania: B Ibi, S Faber (Korca; University hospital Koco Gliozheni). Algeria: K Bensmain; ZR Benamrouche; IE Boumakhlouf; IE Boudis; H Abdoun; M Benamrouche; M Saidani (Algiers; Z Djama; A Chied; HA Mimouni (Constantine; university 13 hospital abdelhamid ben badis); AK Awad; B Radja; B Abdennour; MN Bouhafs; MEA Meghaizerou (Oran; EHU-1st November 1954). Argentina: P Carmignani; J Mondino; R Figueroa; J Morales; FR Pascual (Allende; Cordoba; MA Bequis; F Suldrup; C Korzin; J Napoli; N Feijoo; F Mahnic; ME Duran; L Chantada; C Brandi; JF Viñas; F Lucero; C Samojeden; LJ Caram; S Bertone; F Corvatta (Buenos Aires; L Garciandia (Buenos Aires; M Rius; S Matthiess; J Paredes; MC Kalaydjian; A Veira (Buenos Aires; MA Fernández Zurita, JI Valenzuela (City of Buenos Aires; S Gomez; GR Viscido; MA Doniquian (Cordoba; R Badra; JS García; CI Ferrero; M Garcia; L Granero (Cordoba; M Pagani (San Francisco; Clinica Regional del Este). Aruba: M Gosselink, J Ringers (Oranjestad; Dr. Horacio E Oduber Hospital). Australia: M Lie; B Mao; C Stennard; EMA Murphy; JE Do; M Harris; B Fosh (Adelaide; M Watson; J Petric; M Maclean; XY Po; M Pham; D Patterson; V Gunasaegaram; E Hopping; P Holt; E Schmidt, R Colbran (Brisbane; V Liu; E Tan; JST Tefay; R Shen; D Mitchell; M Kelly; A Edmundson (Brisbane; H Iswariah; R Franz; M Chandrasegaram; P Yuide; SS Hlaing (Brisbane; S Abeykoon, D Kaushal (Campbelltown; C Leung (Canberra; S Davis, NF Franco (Canberra; T Rawther; R McClen; W Petrushnko; E Roussos; K Das (Coffs Harbour NSW; S Stevens; F Alnimri; S McClintock; J Maritz (Colac; S Hariharan; S Laura; B Wang; V Ng; J Linker; A Li; I Dong; R Bhatia; S Cai; WKH Lai; SYD Chia; M Binks; N Tran; SHM Ng; D Shen; EWY Lun; E Reid; J Cui; M Roussos (Gosford; M Issa; M Anandan; P Devlin; U Naidoo (Hamilton; B Balaravi Pillai; D Abeysirigunawardana; T Parker; T Valizadeh Elizeh (Melbourne; D Liu; S Ng; J Jones; O Ladlow; JV Maida; D Proud; A Vu; N Shulman; L Bromley; V Muralidharan; K Hall; C Cheong; C Jamieson-Grigg (Melbourne; A Hilder; T Manickam; L Barnard (Melbourne; K Jaffry; A Gray; A Lim; R Kattini (Melbourne; M Bickford, S Kenworthy (Melbourne; A Crowe, J Zhu (Melbourne; M Pacilli; A Comella; K Taghavi; R Nataraja; SJA Robinson (Melbourne; D Lowen; A Khan; S Samadi; S Tan; AL Surkitt; S Condron; E Haege; E Francis; A Boynes; S Gill; B D’Souza; H Xiao; E Fraser; J Wong; S Fennelly; K Mori; M Muir; Y Huang; R Pajtak (Melbourne; J You; C Banal; T Abelman; N Chen; L Chong; H Jalilehvand; W Santucci; B McKay (Melbourne; I Murshed; D Makary; L Green; M Wichmann; M Kang; EA Dontoh (Mount Gambier; P Walker; A Fani; S Sundararajan; E Downes; A Davis; M Bajwa; R Geow; KK Sim (Mount Nasura; S Smith; L Peters; S Zhang; ACK Cheung; I Caitens (Newcastle; M Ishak; E Zhang; KKA Yu; L Beukes; L Kang; F Amico (Newcastle; M Bowles; E Downing; B Williams; G Cox; V Bakshi 14 (Robina; N Ensor (Sale; J Ng; CT Petcu; J Hwang (Southport; TJ Hugh; S Quoy; C Knee; D Siriwardena; C Tung; G Smith (Sydney; O Camilleri; J Vu; J Hong; E Chan; C Killoran; J Mackenzie; D Fry (Toowoomba; V Mahendravarman; A Shanmugalingam; C Li; L Allan; P Shivashankar; H Pleass (Westmead; V Lin; R McGee; B Bereket Araya; CW Un; Y De Silva; D Maan; J Wang; M Kwon; R Kibuuka; J Chew; J Siu; J Barklimore (Wyong; Wyong Public Hospital). Austria: N Klammer; R Schmidt-Branden; P Tschann; P Horvath (Feldkirch; N Koter; G Moitzi; E Wallner; C Allmer; J Kahn; A Belarmino; R Sucher; V Wolfschluckner; G Singer (Graz; R Függer; M Biebl; A Punzengruber; H Fehrer (Linz; A Binder; E Haiden; P Riedl; M Enßlin (Tulln; Universitätsklinikum Tulln). Bangladesh: K Nahar, T Akter (Dhaka; A Oosterkamp (Dinajpur; Lamb Hospital). Benin: G Gbessi; J Avakoudjo; M Fiogbe; P Assouto; SP Chigblo (Cotonou; H Aouagbe Behanzin; M Seto; G Mevognon (Cotonou; M Agbadebo; A Hada; SFA Houndji (Dassa-Zoumè; AB Yevide; ZF Tamou; E Hatangimana; B Cakpo; R Soglonou (Klouékanme; TK Hessou; SR Tobome; M Zounon (Natitingou; AM Hodonou; F Hounde; R Alinde (Parakou; F Dossou; R Goudou; ACS Toi; G Natchagande (Porto Novo; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire et Departemental Oueme Plateau). Bosnia and Herzegovina: M Stjepanovic (Doboj; O Čančar, M Pejović (Foča; J Miskovic; M Boras; M Kajic; V Dragisic; Z Brekalo; I Mikulic; N Soldo; M Bevanda; M Faletar (Mostar; M Salibašić; E Hodžić; E Halilović; M Kruščica; E Bičakčić (Sarajevo; A Cerovac; H Škiljo; O Bedak; M Kalabić; E Begunić (Tešanj; A Huremovic, E Alić (Tuzla; University Clinical Center Tuzla). Brazil: RA Tenfen Carneiro (Francisco Beltrão; Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná). Bulgaria: D Georgiev; I Fidoshev; V Neykov; E Daleva; I Ilieva (Pleven; M Karamanliev; D Dimitrov; A Shanker; P Vladova; MD Shoshkova; A Mehta; M Abdullahi; V Ratheesh; V Kamalathevan; C Wiesner; S Shittu; M Galasyuk; S Shanker (Pleven; M Imirski, A Soumpasis (Plovdiv; E Hadzhieva, D Chakarov (Plovdiv; T Yotsov; P Kamenova; A Vricheva; I Yotsov (Ruse; E Hristova, K Spassov (Sofia; Fifth City Hospital Sofia - 5th MBAL). Burkina Faso: A Sanou; M Windsouri; R Doamba; IW Bahikoro; AST Sanon (Ouagadougou; Tengandogo University Hospital). 15 Burundi: N Ildephonse; N Steve; Y Fulgence; GD Nibogora; C Nimbona; B Paul (Bujumbura; G Kazobinka; C Rukundo; N Renovat; E Ndizeye; M Dauphin (Bujumbura; FF Irakiza; L Niyidukunda; G Nkunguzi; N Oscar; N Theophile; B Révérien (Bujumbura; Prince Regent Charles Hospital). Cambodia: S Oum, S Eam (Battambang; Handa Medical Centre). Cameroon: NS Bibila; NN Cabrel; J Dongmo (Bamenda; Nkwen Baptist Hospital). Canada: R Spence; G Berger; D Hannedige; C Hoogerboord; A Abidali (Halifax; M Mozel; L Monteiro; R Lertnamvongwan; D Konkin; R Kaur (Port Moody; S MacKenzie; D Konkin (Vancouver; Royal Columbian Hospital). Chile: MM Modolo; E Sepúlveda; Á Molero; M Perez; LV Torres Bavestrello; ÓA Soublett Rivas; C Carrillo Sarango; L Paredes; P Sornoza; A Pinto; C González (Santiago; Hospital Barros Luco Trudeau). China: J Wang (Guangzhou; The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University). Colombia: L García-Zambrano; PA Cabrera Rivera; N Paez; SV Agudelo Mendoza; MS Mosquera Paz; A Kadamani Abiyomaa; CF Roman Ortega; F Casas J; B Guerra (Bogota; JD Molina Marin; C Maya; C Vasquez Maya; B Dieck; F Zapata (Medellin; VA Ruiz López, MA Ñañez (Popayan; DC Cardona Gomez; A Rojas; DC Patiño García; LI Bolaños; C Pastás; DA Pérez Muñoz (Popayán; Hospital Universitario San José). Croatia: J Mihanovic; I Bacic; D Vukosav; V Žufić; O Jurić; E Dijan; N Jović; I Ćoza; I Rakvin; Z Katusic; T Soric; I Vidić; D Rukavina (Zadar; I Separovic; R Radojković; J Mavrek (Zagreb; University Hospital Centre Zagreb). Cyprus: M Theodoridou; A Pilavas; R Moukarzel; R Andreou; N Gouvas; K Lambri; S Charitonos; IC Mylona; G Kokkinos; N Dimitriou; MM El Ghoul Miliotou; V Ioannou; NA Ververidis; N Kalampokis; A Yiallourou; R Sokratous; D Tsiardas; P Evangelou; D Evripidou; C Thrasyvoulou (Nicosia; Nicosia General Hospital). Czech Republic: T Reichelt, P Hudáč (Decin; K Akter; L Moolla; F Rudisch; A Ibrahim Hassan; O Ahmad; E ELShennawy; M Shalaby; M Khaled; A Akiba; F Philips; E Bankart; R Elshennawy; A Al Kaddah; H Al Atassi; S Ashry; N Salgadoe (Hradec Kralove; L Majerčák; P Levíček; A Lukáč; L Pánči (Ivančice; J Roman; L Tulinsky; I Mrazkova; P Ostruszka; A Varga; L Martinek (Ostrava; H Novák; J Woleský; P Francúz (Prague; Motol University Hospital). Dominican Republic: R Rivas; B Calcaño; J Michel; Y Perez; R Ubiñas; P Garcia-Dubus; S Batista; S Strachan (Santo Domingo; Laboratorio y Telemedicina). Egypt: Y Tanas; Y Kerolous; Y El Okazy; M Mokhtar; M Lotfy; M AL Sayed; H Altabbaa; AGMM Abouelnagah; O Al Shaqran; D M. Awad; A Sabry; G Nagy; E Amer; M Khalil; A El Shamarka; B Sharaf eldin; AAA Aboshosha; A Farrag; H Sherif Farouk Ahmed Hassan; Y Badr (Alexandria; Y Orabi; M Kamal matter; A Alrifaee (Alexandria; Alexandria 16 Medical Research Institute); M Elnour; M Zahran; A Aladl; M Bahnacy; Y Seada; M Kotb; A Ragab; Y Farag; L Khalifa; M Elmiesiry; D Abdalaziz; I Maharem; O AbouHiekal; O Hany; S Hanna; Y Dean; A Faisal (Alexandria; M Mostafa; I Ali; T Sabra; H Ibrahim; A K. Ali; M Osman; A Eltayeb (Assiut; A Morad; MO Herdan; A Abdelshafi; M M. Nathan; M Shalkamy; M Hamada Takrouney; R Sayad; FA Monib; A A Elhars; MM Saad; A Rashad Temerik; AM Abbas; O Mohamed Mokbel; E AbdElBaset; A Barakat; Z Bady; S Arafa; Z Osama; A Elzanaty; S Salama (Assiut; MEM Madany (Aswan; A Khaity; R Adel Diab; A Ghazal; A Ehab; A Abd Elsattar (Cairo; A El-bastwesy (Cairo; A Eisa; M Elesseily; R Radwan; Y Asar; D Waleed; S Tawfik; AF Nixon Fulli; MJI Albert; A Autiak Ayii Chol; AR AbdelHalim; B Azhar; H Al-derume; M Alqadasi; N Alasbahi (Cairo; H Abozied; Y Ashour; Y Mohamed; M Abdelmaboud; H Abdelazim; AES El kady; M Omar; A Haty; M Abd Al-Fattah; I Tagreda; IM Kereet; AG Montaser; M Faisal; M Masoud; M ElSayed Metwally (Cairo; ASM Abdelrahman, S Mansour (Cairo; A Nabil; MMA Marei; A Elmosalamy; L ElGebaly; AM Allam; T Awad; H Taher; K Fayed; M Abdelfattah; DH Khattab; N Ali; A Saleh; K Nassim; NK Aly; I Abo Elhagag; M Doss; M Elzayat; Y Samer Morsy; M ElFiky (Cairo; M Erfan; M Zaazou; M Reda; M Kouta; M Mohamad Amin; I Guirguis; H Amir; S Aboseif; M Abdelhafez; O Agha; A Khairy; A Dawoud; M Hamoud Almahly; S Mostafa Yassin; A El-Sherbiney; A Adel; H Foda; D Ahmed; AS Elkhodary; AA Mansour (Giza; A Elghrieb; M Natey; A Elshazli Mahmoud; A Khalleefah; H Elfeki; M Sadek; M Abdelmaksoud; M Waseem; A Azam; A Sakr; A Sanad; عبدالفتاح م) Mansoura; H Foad; S Elnoamany; S Selim; DS Alrokh; A Hassanin (Menofia; M Alansary (Qena; A Ragheb; M Fahmy; M Mehanny (Sohag; AGE Aboelnasr; KMG Mohammed; M Eissa; S Allam; M Kamar (Tanta; Al Ahrar Zagazig Teaching Hospital). Ethiopia: F Terefe; WA Zerefa; E Gallo; A Yingess; T Kebede; M Mesfin; G Alemayehu; SM Djote; T Girma; DA Muhie (Addis Ababa; E Yeshialem; G Seyfu; F Tsige; A Yeshitila; N Solomon (Deberebirhan; M Worku; S Lakew; Y Melkamu; ST Workineh; M Beletachew (Dessie; B Mengesha; G Getachew; I Tesfahun; M Teressa; BG Chiman; Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital); N S. Bayleyegn; YY Metaferia; TG Moges; D Mengiste; A Teshome Sahilemariam (Jimma; B Sime, T Jemal (Yirgalem; Yirgalem Hospital Medical College). France: E Volpin; H Braham; C Lionel; R Arena; Y Malki (Eaubonne; M Bertrand; A Castaldi; L Theuil; A L’Hostis; M Prudhomme (Nimes; P Riva; A Lapergola; D Mutter; S Perretta (Strasbourg; Nouvel Hopital Civil de Strasbourg). Gabon: PC Nze Obiang (Libreville; Centre Hospitalier universitaire mère enfant Fondation Jeanne Ebori). 17 Georgia: Z Demetrashvili; G Devidze; G Pisarevi; L Petashvili; E Ekaladze; N Lekiashvili; I Pipia; A Tvaladze; G Kenchadze; K Khutsishvili (Tbilisi; N. Kipshidze Central University Clinic). Germany: LD Lee (Berlin; J Binder; A Denz; C Krautz; M Brunner; M Maak; GF Weber; A Stollberg; D Hackner; S Engel; F Krämer; R Grützmann (Erlangen; M Schüler; J Kleeff; R Rüdrich (Halle; A Kirschniak; J Rolinger; S Göller; L Van den Hil; J Miller; H Pehlivan (Moenchengladbach; M Kießler; N Hüser; D Schippers; M Berlet; M Steffani; M Weber (Munich; N Börner; M Albertsmeier; H Arbogast; M Mattis; S Jarmusch; P Zimmermann; U Wirth (Munich; F Anzinger (Munich; FG Bader; M Sohn; ML Koschke; M Busch; N Hielscher (München; A Brosin; J Lindert; M Philipp; M Gumsheimer; F Wiese (Rostock; L Sahan; GA Stavrou; J De Deken; M Jabal (Saarbruecken; MW Löffler; A Königsrainer; M Quante; C Yurttas (Tuebingen; University Hospital Tuebingen). Ghana: R Armah; NA Christian; D Daary; S Akuffo; A Twumasi; AD Andani; J Oppong; E Agbowada; J Daleku; J Ampadu; W Afedo; Z Robertson; A Obbeng; DN Lee; D Ofosuhene (Accra; GD Brown; F Osman; FJ Eshun; C Banka; I Amankwaa; E Ametefe; G Owusu; J Nyamekye - Baidoo; O Okrah; G Birikorang; P Kumassah; J Dei-Asamoa; J Annan; C Akli-Nartey; D Alifoe; S Tsatsu; C Ansah Larbi; U Una; K Yalley; KB Oduro-Boateng; S Anim; H Adjei; S Dognia; A Oppong; C Markin; JL Ahale; NKA Obuobi (Accra; S Agana; EB Akakpo; F Galley (Ankaful; S Segnitome; S Agordjor; D Adjei; D Kyeremeh; Y Sarpong; F Opoku Twene; CK Ntow-Boahen; SAA Atupra; V Siepaal; IN Bakaweri; AJ Tabiim; R Agyei Boakye; A Asare Twumasi (Berekum; R Akankoatuesi Apatewen; U Kanyan Kassim; B Owusu Ansah; F Amoako (Bolgatanga; V Kudoh; K Boakye-Acheampong; B Boakye; R Kpangkpari; MT Morna; GA Rahman; EO Ofori; L Adagrah Aniakwo; M Amoako-Boateng; D T. Enti; S Debrah; M Nortey; P Koggoh; P Mensah; MM Agyapong; T Agyen; V Etwire; Y Adofo-Asamoah; S Yussif; M Yigah (Cape-Coast; B Maanikuu; F Kuubetersob B. N; D Powell; A Gbeadese; F Tierenye (Damongo; EA Nachelleh; DYD Agbley; N Jiagge; R Akpaka; D Labadah; N Naabo; R Guzmán Lambert; P Ntem; E Setsoafia; N Affram; BY Hernandez Cervantes; DB Osei; K Ewool; F Nyarko; MA Ali; MA Oyortey; I Hagbevor; ME Ashong; JN Anyorigiya (Ho; J Yorke; A Lovi; EO Osei; PA Boateng; R Oppong-Amoah; K Agbedinu; C Dally; SG Brenu; F Galley; FM Agbemafoh; I Kyei; C Aboah; AY Appiah-Kubi; B Nimako; M Aikins; M Adinku; A Opoku-Agyapong; J Adjei; R Sagoe (Kumasi; A Gyedu; PK Boateng; S Mensah; E Frimpong-manso (Kumasi; P Taah-Amoako, S Tabiri (Nsawkaw; F Owusu, P Yeboah Owusu (Sunyani; EMT Yenli; AS Seidu; M Dason; M Amadu; GA Adoro; M Kyereh; I Osman; J Quansah; C Doku; A Darkwa Boateng; AM Muntaka; MA Dokurugu; R Nesco; M Yahaya; EDF Konlan; A Issaka; RA Ramirez Calas; M Sheriff; M Dery; V Dassah (Tamale; BK Seshie; F 18 Caiquo; M Dum; L Ackam; FDA Agbodo; A Baiden Amissah; D Ashitey; LD Bray; J Ofori; M Ishak (Tema; Walewale Government Hospital). Greece: I Gogoulis; K Bekiaridou; A Mitsala; S Botaitis; C Tsalikidis; M Asimakidou; C Nikolaou; E Efremidou; C Limas; P Chloropoulou; M Aggelidou; M Pitiakoudis; P Kostoglou; G Pappas Gogos; M Karanikas (Alexandroupolis; E Kapasakis; M Karakeke; A Skarpas; C Floros; K Athanassiou; E Karakeke (Amfissa; N Tasis; A Sarafi; A Plastiras; G Kavalieratos; T Tsirlis (Athens; L Chardalias; N Memos; V Themelidi; I Papaconstantinou; T Theodosopoulos; D Politis; K Iliakopoulos; K Bramis; P Antonakis; A Skreka; D Kotsaris; N Dafnios; A Vezakis; I Contis; T Petropoulou; KC Kordeni; T Kozonis; G Fragulidis; D Massaras (Athens; E Apostolopoulos; I Karatsolis; A Mourtzouni; K Avgerinos; D Kelgiorgi; K Polychronopoulos; G Kostoulas; A Tsechpenakis; A Saridaki (Athens; A Ioannidis; C Chouliaras; I Tierris; MK Konstantinidis (Athens; DK Manatakis; D Balalis; N Stamos; V Kalles (Athens; T Sidiropoulos; M Papadoliopoulou; N Arkadopoulos; D Sampanis; P Vassiliu; E Dylja; AI Nikolaou; I Margaris; P Kokoropoulos; V Tsaousis; S Christodoulou; E Poulios; A Chamzin (Athens; S Kapiris; E Mavrodimitraki; M Sotiropoulou; N Dimitrokallis; N Papadogianni; V Vougas; M Papamichail; K Rekouna; K Pavlopoulos; N Roukounakis; A Thanasa; P Trakosari; M Christou; E Saitoglou (Athens; C Nastos; D Dellaportas; P Lykoudis; N Garmpis; G Kouraklis (Athens; P Christodoulou; G Kapogiannatos; A Nikitaras; SM Tsoti; J Katogiritis (Athens; EC Tampaki; C Papazacharias; O Bellou (Athens; N Machairas; P Dorovinis; C Doudakmanis; D Schizas; A Syllaios; MD Keramida; P Stamopoulos; S Davakis; M Despotidis; A Panagakis; S Kykalos; F Stavratis; M Vailas; L Karydakis; N Kydonakis; A Loizou; KS Giannakopoulos; P Sakarellos; A Kozadinos; I Katsaros (Athens; C Damaskos; E Antoniou; M Mavri; I Psilopatis; S Vernadakis; I Bokos; P Paraskeva; D Vardakostas; I Gomatos; A Barlas; A Smyrnis; D Prevezanos; NN Mathioudakis; I Kozadinos; P Kanavidis; N Garmpis (Athens; E Spartalis, M Spartalis (Athens; C Stefanou; S Gkogkos; L Fountoulis; I Sougkas; M Billis; A Kontokostopoulos; A Balta; T Padioti; MA Sotiriou; A Theochari (Filiates; N Tsakiridis; I Tsakiridis; E Synekidou (Florina; E Athanasopoulou; C Ntagkas; E Samara; A Katsiou (Ioannina; D Panagopoulos; A Panagopoulos; L Katsiaras (Kyparissia; C Kolla; L Mansour; G Koukoulis; S Zourntou; D Papageorgouli; K Bouliaris; LI Fountarlis; M Bei; AA Kalidis; X Vagena; A Gkouniaroudi; A Migdanis; A Bakalis; E Gavriil (Larissa; K Koumarelas, MN Kouliou (Larrisa; K Bouchagier; F Mulita; G Verras; G Skroubis; I Maroulis (Patras; V Mousafeiris, A Panagidis (Patras; A Papadopoulos; P Grivas; F Spanos; A Kalogeropoulou; G Zeringa; C Kourouniotis; G Rados; E Barkolias; K Zakkas; I Demiris; V Nikolaou; K Tata; G Karakaidos (Piraeus; General Hospital of 19 Nikaia); E Kontis; E Papamattheou; A Efstathiou; E Efstathiou; N Kopanakis; K Ntatsis; I Katsaros; P Manikis; V Tselepidis; M Kyriazi (Piraeus; I Siannis; N Kouzakos; V Georgilaki; N Vlachakos; S Vederaki; A Tsiaka; A Zarafidou; N Zampitis; S Tsatsos; F Stefou; F Kyramargios; M Merrakos; G Bekakos; A Marinis (Piraeus; O Ioannidis; E Anestiadou; K Zapsalis; S Simeonidis; S Bitsianis (Thessaloniki; M Drogouti; A Gkoutoula; A Sarakatsanos; E Efthymiou; I Chatzis (Thessaloniki; I Spyridakis; C Kaselas; M Tsopozidi; M Florou; C Demiri; V Papadopoulos; D Giakoustidis; A Giakoustidis; D Alexandrou; P Chatzikomnitsa (Thessaloniki; SC Liapis; K Perivoliotis; C Chatzinikolaou; N Tsantikos; ZR Karampotaki; Achillopoyleio General Hospital of Volos). Guatemala: M Aguilera-Arevalo; M Rodríguez-Ordoñez; DA Sosa Méndez; M Sebastián-Mendoza; TA Salazar-Lorenzana; R Herrera; DE Reyes Rodríguez; P Vásquez; S Morales; J Gomez; C García-Salas; JR Asturias Luna; J Tabora-Zepeda; S Vasquez; JR Hernández; JOM Herrera Batres; D Muñoz; E Ayala; O Coyoy-Gaitán (Guatemala City; JB Pellecer Cano; DA Palma Portillo; M Blanco (Guatemala City; D Herrera; SA Villeda; O Lima Azurdia (Guatemala City; Hospital de Referencia Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias). India: S Jp; M Bhat; A Raheja; I Shariff; H Anand; B R Budihal; S Kashyap; B Arya; Y M S; N Krishnappa (Bangalore; Karnataka; M Manangi; P Anandan; S Shivashankar chikkanayakanahalli; TS Mishra; P Kumar; M Gureh; MK Sethi; AA Asharaf (Bhubaneswar; Y Sakaray; S Irrinki; S Subbiah Nagaraj; S Khare; C Tandup (Chandigarh; India) M K B; AB Muthunayagam; A Prasath S V; P Arunachalam; P John (Coimbatore; S Raul; R Vakil; R Sinha; E Dvivedi; A Thomas; S Joseph; A Sharma; B Khan; D Chatterjee (DELHI; R Gupta; A Khanduri; S Singh; DH Tyagi; U Daspal; N Rawal; R Varshney (Dehradun; M Luthra; R Handa; S Basu; P Chadha; R Sethi (Delhi; T Longkumer; KK Mishra; S Sundaramurthy; S Kumar; D Phom; J Kaippally; D Ommi; L Imchen; T Alinger (Dimapur; A Chhabra, A Kumar (Faridkot; B Kharga; M Sarda; K Bhutia (Gangtok; N Sharma; MS Rodha; N Banerjee; A Baksi; S Kaur; R Chaudhary; M Lodha; SP Meena; M Badkur; I Singh; A Sinha; KJ Rathod; R Saxena; J Tk; A Vig; M Pathak; A Sukhdev Jadhav; S Nayak; T Motiwala; K Shreyas (Jodhpur; SR Pathan; J Rathod; C Agarwal; K Sharma; S Pandya (Karamsad; A Anand; A Kumar; HS Pahwa; AA Sonkar; MK Agrawal; AK Pal (Lucknow; D Jain; V Michael; W Bhatti; DRS Thind; A Bhatt; P Gupta; A Luther; S Khurana; RR Ranadive; H Kaur; S D A; P Shukla (Ludhiana; NK Chaudhry; DA Hajela; P Patel; PK Arya; DD Dhawan; DR Tripathi; KK Luthra; DH Gupta (Ludhiana; Satguru Partap Singh 20 Hospital); A Mathew; C Pun; P Dummala; M Gurung (Madhepura; P Alexander, N Aruldas (Manali; PS Prabhu; S Payyanur Thotan; B L; B Sv (Manipal; RD Sharma; R Redkar; R Nathani; S Karmarkar; S Achugatla; A Bangar; DD Kulkarni; K Raghuwanshi; DN Nikam; SN Mahendra (Mumbai; B Sarang; D Belekar; K Gaikwad (Mumbai; A John; PA Thomas; L Pramod; D Gavit; N Kansakar; N Gupta; N Kapur; N Narain (New Delhi; T Rashid; M Husain; F Tauheed; SV Manzoor; S Ohri (New Delhi; L Bains; P Lal; S Neogi; A Mishra; S Ahuja (New Delhi; T Iahmo; M George; M Singh; P Waghchoure; A Choudhrie (Padhar; M Aggarwal; V Kanna D; S Vembar; TP Singh; DS Walia; V Singh; G Kaur; A Jindal; P Dhamija (Patiala; M Kumar; AK Jha; M Sharma; A Bhadani (Patna; R Abhinaya; U Kumbhar; A Jain; S Chilaka; S P (Pondicherry; VS Jha; A Jayapalan; Y Vashishth; G Jalal; VV Nair; C Raphael; HK Prabhakar; Z Khan (Pune; D Dugar; D Mohanty; TDB Tridip; DR Ramchandani (Raipur; N Kumar; AG Goswami; H Panga; D Mallik; A Gupta; D Rajput; R Anjum T Siddeek; P Manjunath; S Edem; F Huda; SK Singh; S Karuppusamy Krishnasamy; S Katragadda; KMR Reddy; I Ahmed; E Yhoshu; L Manoj Joshua; A Das; P Kothari (Rishikesh; K Singh; SS Malhi; R Kaur; HK Cheema; N Saini; M Gupta; A Bhatti; P Kaur; N Pahuja; S Chopra; B Sehgal; G Singh (SAS Nagar (Mohali); DS Kshirsagar; M Kaple; G Saxena; S Dhole; A Bhargava; C Mahakalkar; S Deshpande (Sawangi (Meghe); Wardha; R Wani; RA Dar; AA Malik; N Bhat; ZA Shah; GA Bhat (Srinagar; Sheri-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences); S Kondpan; A Kutma; A Sundaram; K J B; R Krishna raj; G George; M Chisthi; H Jafarkhan; I P s; U Govindan; MKL K S D; C Narayan; G Pillai; VV Kollengode; D Jabbar (Thiruvananthapuram; T Tony V; A Nair; A Kavalakat; A Moncy; A Johnson; A Joseph; A Appukuttan; A J; AN Oommen; S Francis; S M; N Srinivas; M Narayanan (Thrissur; T Devabalan Koil; MR Jesudason; Y Myla; ASP Dhinakar; A Tirkey; B Roopavathana. S; R Mittal; S Surendran; N Paul Ambrose; D Joshiba; P Trinity; R Raghunath; NP Paul Sigamony; PY George; R Philip Sridhar; S Chase; SJ Arthur (Vellore; M Pourfridoni; H Askarpour; H Mohammadi sardoo; AA Kheirkhah Vakilabad; M Ali-Hassanzadeh (Jiroft; Z Alkhuzaie; S Salim; FRH Hassooni (Najaf; Y Zwain; HMA Oneizah; S Razaq; M Razaq; HHZ . zaini (Najaf; Al-Najaf Al-Ashraf Teaching Hospital). 21 Ireland: E Colton; KE Oderoha; A Gill; S Ramjit; F Ghazali; K Griffin; R Ahmed; C Weadick; S Nair; V Sharma; C Donohoe (Dublin; R Tummon; B Maguire; S Wrenn; R Habib; P Owens (Kerry; University Hospital Kerry). Israel: A Shweiki; G Szydlo Shein; G Almogy; Y Mintz; A Pikarsky; R Elazary; O Cohen-Arazi; JA Demma; H Mahajna; B Helou; Y Fishman; G Marom (Jerusalem; Hadassah Medical Center). Italy: M De Prizio; K Kröning; R Sulce; LM Fatucchi; F Tofani; V Mariottini; R Malatesti; M Scricciolo; GA Pellicano’; A D’Ignazio; A Mazzoni; A Biancafarina; M Angelini; V Borgogni (Arezzo; L Rossi; G Munzi; G Tarantino; M Castrovillari; A Serao; JR Casella Mariolo; G Del Corpo; A Natili; A Iodice (Ariccia; S Gargiulo; B Esposito; M Pannullo; L Bracciano; E Marra; A Alberico (Aversa; A Gori; S Cardelli; G Dajti; C Larotonda; IS Russo (Bologna; J Andreuccetti; S Molfino; D Alberti; G Pignata; G Emiliani; G Boroni; M Ruffoli; M Manfredini; L Sequi; G Zanni (Brescia; E Locci; M Podda; V Murzi; C Piras; A Carta; A Pisanu; T Pilia; P Marongiu; A Saba; M Pisano; F Campus; E Gessa; E Silanos; A Lai; F Frongia; F Corronca; S Montisci (Cagliari; F Cappellacci; C Soddu; GL Canu; F Medas; PG Calò; S Puddu; M Biancu; M Abbas; F Casti (Cagliari; B Demurtas; A Deserra; F D’Agostino; C Margiani (Cagliari; L Laface; M Casati; M Mariani; S Guarriello; A Balconi (Carate Brianza (MB); B Scotto; N Laquatra; R Ruccella; G De Angeli (Carpi; G Gravante; A Chiappini; R Lopatriello; G Mammolo (Casarano; C Distefano; G Riccioli; R Granata; M Veroux; DC Centonze; S Costa; R Gioco; D Zerbo; A Licciardello; L Stella (Catania; L Rende; M Osso; D Paglione; F Pata (Cosenza; D Sasia; G Giraudo; D Ribero; S Alberti; V Schirinzi (Cuneo; P Belotti, L Taglietti (Esine; V Giordano; A Pesce; CV Feo; MC Pignanelli; S Severi (Ferrara; F Cammelli; F Natali; M Scheiterle; G Maltinti; L Fortuna; F Coratti; A Manetti; J Martellucci; E Monati (Firenze; L Gabellini; R Fratarcangeli; A Damigella; E Adinolfi; A Anastasi (Firenze; M Montagna; A Giuliani; G Procaccini; N Tartaglia; F Vovola; D Merlicco; S Schirone; ST Massa; G Pavone; F Maffei; A Gerundo (Foggia; D Di Pietrantonio; S Quartarone; L Solaini; G Ercolani; L Ragazzini; V Zucchini (Forlì; MorgagniPierantoni); M Cammelli; D Scotto Di Carlo; FAN Marin (Garbagnate Milanese; A Azzinnaro; A Razzore; A Petrungaro; E Mina; B Sperotto (Genoa; G Carganico; D Pertile; D Soriero (Genoa; R Diaz; A Luzzi; S Carrabetta; C Meola; D Caruso; F Floris; P Grondona; E Romairone; S Marzorati; F Ré; C Righetti; A Viacava; L Epis (Genoa; R Sampietro; D Gobatti; C Zandonella (Gravedona ed Uniti; VP Dinuzzi; U Rivolta; S Luciano; GMF Marini; L Scaravilli (Magenta; R Magarini; G Saletta; AC Sironi; G Grava; M Mercurio (Melzo; Ospedale Santa Maria 22 delle Stelle, ASST Melegnano Martesana); D Zulian; A Izzo; M Gritti; S Giudici; E Desiato (Milan; M Molteni, L Ottaviani (Milan; G Grande, E Mazzotta (Milan; S Grimaldi (Milan; F Brucchi; F Ferraina; S Lauricella (Milan; E Di Marco (Modica; LC Nespoli; G De Carlo; EA Baccalini; D Palmisano; A Scacchi; N Tamini; L Ripamonti; M Rennis; C Vitiello; A Davolio; L Degrate; P Masseria; V Brocco; P Chiacchio; M Ceresoli; E Signaroli; A Finocchio; C Fumagalli; M Binda (Monza; M Milone; M Manigrasso; S Vertaldi; A D’Amore; GD De Palma; A Marello; L Fedele; C Sorrentino; D Pignatelli; G Luglio; FP Tropeano; M Cricrì; A Miele; G Aprea; G Palomba; M Capuano; R Basile; G Sorrentino (Naples; D Rega; A Ottaiano; V Granata; A Belli; F Izzo (Naples; G Pellino; D Massaro; V Mosca; G Bellio; L Rubin; N De Santis; N Schiavon; A Zerbinati; S Corso; C Cecconi (Padova; P Venturelli; G Cocorullo; G Carollo; R Tutino; A Bonelli; G Salamone; MP Proclamà; R Guercio; L Licari; N Finocchiaro; G Graziano; G Orlando; G Guercio; M Marcianò; G Galatioto; F Vassallo (Palermo; G Palmieri, F Banchini (Piacenza; G Di Franco; F Porcelli; N Furbetta; A Comandatore; S Guadagni; M Palmeri (Pisa; P Ubiali; F Maffeis; J Velkoski (Pordenone; M Giuffrida, GE Nita (Reggio Emilia; C Marafante; M Garino; SL Birolo; M Dugo; A Borello; R Barone; LD Bonomo; MV Facchino; M Caccetta; E Moggia; MR D’Anna; C Mosca; S Mungo; A Masciandaro (Rivoli; F Tirelli; I Neri; M Aulicino; C Vacca (Rome; M Campanelli; M Grande; L Siragusa; G Sica (Rome; A Mingoli; G Brachini; B Cirillo; S Meneghini; S Giovampietro; G Duranti; F Ciccarone; L Simonelli; I Clementi; B Binda; GB Fonsi; E Spalice; E Cianci; MI Bellini; G Sgarzini; S Sorrenti; E Lori; P Palumbo; D Pironi (Rome; A Amendola; C De Martino; E Bisogno (Salerno; S Di Saverio; A Morello; L Lely; I Merlini; G Travaglini; S Sabbatini; M Zambon (San Benedetto del Tronto; D Giulitti; L Barni; GE Poto (Sansepolcro; D Fusario; L Resca; L Carbone; A Francia; GE Poto; AL Pesce; O Carpineto Samorani; F Roviello; A Ongaro; SA Piccioni; M Gambelli; L Catozzi; M Gjoka; A Bartalini Cinughi de Pazzi; NN Leonelle Lore; G Grassi; F Manasci; V Ricchiuti (Siena; E Basile, A Spaziani (Spoleto (PG); V Silvestri; M Favoriti; P Favoriti (Sulmona; S Novello; M Piccino; R Baldan; U Grossi; G Zanus; F Scolari; E De Leo; M Brizzolari; A Brun-Peressut; I Hoxhaj; M Scopelliti (Treviso; LB Lo Piccolo; E Montanari; D Cianflocca; A Marano; S Galati; SL Gamba; F Velluti; A Caltagirone; M Giuliano; E Potenza; B De Zolt Ponte; D Visconti; VU De Donato; L Capello; S Chaifouroosh Mamagany; C Celano (Turin; E Donnarumma; C Saviello; R Scola (Vallo Della Lucania; S Megna; M Berselli; N Palamara; L Liepa; E Ferri (Varese Lombardy; University of 23 Insubria, Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi (Varese)); V Gentilino; M Mogiatti; G Farris; N Pasqua (Varese; I Mondi; C Da Lio; F Sulo; E Ciccioli; M Martorana; M Filardo; L Schiavone (Voghera; I Conversano; M Cappiello; G Scialandrone; N Petrarota; R Tumolo (andria; M Angelucci; S Valeri; G Pascarella; A Strumia; R Alloni (rome; D Muschitiello; V Morinelli; L Bonello; SG Intini; S Moschella (udine; santa maria della misericordia). Japan: H Kato; A Horiguchi; D Koike; Y Asano (Aichi; Fujita Health University Bantane Hospital). Jordan: S Alananzeh; S Al Momani; M Tanashat; O Altobaishat; S Alsmadi; N Al RABADI; L Sweidan (Ajloun; Z Alnajjar; G Alsheikh; N Mosleh; H Alzuhd; R Alkhatib; H Al-Abdallat; M Aljarawn; T Aloqaili; I Nadi; A Abdllah; O Al-Fahel; R Khalil; M Said; A Qasem; H Al-Fahel; M Hijazi; R Rabah; A Alaqtash; DB Badwan (Amman; B Alrayes; M Salah; M Al-Qannas; H Abu Obead; I Alnimer; Y Alawneh; M Almaletti (Amman; A Khamees; R Yousef Yassin; A Alsheikh; K Al-Shami; E Abu Siam; O Sarhan; KA Sawaftah; MAM Sawaftah; MA Sawaftah; M Sabri Massadi; Z Al-sheikh ali; N Raiq; O Ibrahim; J Al Karmi; M Diab; I Aburumman; AA Altawaiha; M Hasan; A AlZu’bi; L Yasin; B Yacoub (Amman; R Abu Salah; M Alqedrh; S Abu khousa; R Hussam Yacoub Hattar; D Samardali; R Refaie; L Hijazein; S Hammad; M Barbarawi; S Mamduh; J Al Daradkah; S Samardali; T Alshawabkeh (Amman; M Mahafdah; Q Sabbah; SAM Ba-Shammakh; A Al Hammoud; M Bani hani; M Tabaza; H Malkawi; H Haj Freej; D Kasasbeh; B Dweik; K Ayyoub; OR Mahafdah (Ar Ramtha; R Hiary; I Shehadeh; L Dyab; R Daradkeh; R Raddad; R Alzu’bi; T Alhaj Hasan; B Alzoubi; M Alsharayri; M Nofal; S Ellouzy; M Al-Masri; S Fakhouri; N Absy; R Suleiman; O Mansour; JS Hadidi (As-Salt; A Al-fandi (Irbid; M Al-Fraijat; N Rabai; A Al-Zubeidy; R Abd Elkareem; S Bani Amer; T Alhusban; S AL-Doghme; R Abd Alkareem; R Damseh; M Alshami; T Majed; S Al Sharie; M Araydah; R Jaba’Teh; F Haddad; O Almomani; L M Mheidat; R Haddad; S Bataineh; S Ababneh (Irbid; Princess Basma Hospital). Kazakhstan: M Kulimbet; N Maulenov; N Lakhanov; M Ramazanov; A Kiyabayev (Almaty; D Amangaliyev; A Shamsutdinova; A Polatbekov (Almaty; JSC ‘Central Clinical Hospital’; Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University). Kenya: R Parker; E Irungu; A Fadipe; F Ondago; G Waiyaki (Bomet; Tenwek Hospital). Lebanon: A Khoneisser; A Kachi; B Abboud (Beirut; M Chaccour; G Bechara; N Eshak; R Hleyhel; M Barakat (Jbail; Maritime Hospital). Libya: N Lindi; BH Hameed; A Abaidalla; N Mosbah; M Saleh khatab (Albayda; MAM Elghriani; A Ali; A Fathi; S Qwyder; M Alshamikh; A Alhammali; A Aldurssi; A Gusibat; M Suleman; S Alashhab; M Denini; F Alowjaly; MM Almihashhish; F Elkhafeefi; H Altawati (Benghazi; S 24 Elfallah; F Benghalbon; R Michael; M Abosedra; A Ahmayda; H Mftah (Benghazi; M Bohlala; M Muragi; S Alneihuom (Darna; A Alkaseek; A Alshiteewi; H Shames; N Albahloul; M Abudabbous; A Belkhair; A Abdelmalik; M Assalhi; M Altajouri; A Alailesh; A Alshukre (Misurata; B Alazabi; M Alazabi; G Birqeeq; AAY Almugaddami; H Embarek, M Bilfaqirah (Sebha; M Abdelkabir; S Abdeewi; A Abdalhadi; M Benghazi (Sebha; H Idheiraj; M Yahmad; M Alfaid; M Abdu; E Abdu; M Khalifa; G Matroud; A Amaigl; H Aldare; E Ali; K Shwail; K Abdulrahman (Sebha; A Bouhuwaish; A Emran; A Abdraba (Tobruk; AE Elzoubi, A Belaid (Tripoli; A Alragheai; D Omar; S Magrhi; H Farhat; S Alsuwiyah; S Abrayik; S Bensalem; B Algettawi (Tripoli; S Egreara; TMA Abdulmola; I Kandil (Tripoli; F Alshreef; F Elhabishi; M Alsori; L Shawesh; S Timmalah; M Alnuwayli; A Alhamadi; K Ahmed Ibrahim; S Abdullateef; R Altayargh; A Essamei; S Altoume; A Haidar; A Abdulnabi; A Ghummied (Tripoli; E Younes; S Elfurdag; S Ashini; M Edeeb; Z Al-azher El-hamel; M Akkawe; N AlWAER; A Khair Etareig (Zawia; B Allbakosh; H Abusnina; A Awidan; L Alokshi; M Iqreewi; M Almahjoub; H Altounsi; M Almaqrahi (Zliten; Zliten Teaching Hospital). Lithuania: E Dainius; S Bradulskis; E Margelis; A Mačiulaitytė; A Subocius; A Parseliunas; E Kubiliute; D Zuikyte; J Kutkevičius; J Vaitekūnas (Kaunas; L Venclauskas; K Jasaitis; M Jokubauskas; Z Dauksa (Kaunas; A Gulla, E Daukšaitė (Vilnius; Vilnius University Hospital). Madagascar: MJ Rakotonaivo; CF Rahantasoa Finaritra; JB Razafindrahita; YM Razafimandimby; A Rakotondrainibe (Antananarivo; Joseph Ravoahangy Andrianavalona Hospital). Malaysia: AD Zakaria, MIS Ismail (Kelantan; R Noor; M Che yaacob; SF Moh Pauzi; Z Chin (Kota Bharu; K Voon; JH Fu; JH Lim; SA Theivendran; NN Ramli (Kuching; Sarawak; M Fitri; MA Yunus; AN Ramly; A Md Yunos; AAA Anuar (Malacca; NS Abd Ghani; AAH Ahmad Zaidi; F Ashraf; M Mahadi; AA Abdul Rahim (Serdang; Hospital Pengajar Universiti Putra Malaysia (HPUPM)). Mali: OAA Dicko; A Dembele; H Dolo; D Kone (Ségou; District Hospital of Tominian). Malta: C Cini; A Sultana; M Farrugia; J Schembri Higgans; S Bowman; J Psaila; P Andrejevic; S Brincat; K Muscat; M Sammut; R Abela; M Zammit Vincenti; L Casingena; J Galea; M Portelli; N Spiteri; K Iles; R Cachia; D Hili (Msida; Mater Dei Hospital). Mexico: TR Ibarra-Hurtado (Guadalajara; LA Flores Chávez; JA Flores Prado; K Jasso García; NE López Bernal; EV Romo Ascencio; LM Flores Chávez; MP Mellado Tellez; SA Ibarra Camargo; G Delgado Hernandez; JA Guzman Barba; LA Rea Bocanegra; M Tello Jimenez; JA Tavares Ortega; E Gómez Mejía; I Esparza Estrada; AA Salinas Barragan; JA Jimenez Flores; SJ Vázquez-Sánchez; J Gonzalez Garcia; ZM Correa López; FJ Barbosa Camacho (Guadalajara; CM Nuño-Guzmán; AM Nava Franco; JF Martinez Martin del Campo; JJ Ulloa Robles; L Bravo; ME Gonzalez-Gonzalez; FD Romo Rosales; TR Ibarra-Hurtado; LG Peña Balboa; C Yanowsky-Gonzalez; R Santana Ortiz; SA 25 Trujillo Ponce; J Orozco-Perez; MDC Gonzalez; JE Gonzalez Aboytes; J Pizarro Lozano; JE Orozco Navarro; F Ibañez Ortiz; O Montaño Angeles; M Calderon; F Diaz; M Lazo Ramírez; JA Aguilar (Guadalajara; A Gonzalez Ojeda; C Fuentes Orozco; JM Chejfec-Ciociano; JM Carranza Rosales; MA Sánchez Audelo; CI Lupercio Figueroa; KV Ascencio Diaz; CE Gutierrez de la Rosa; F Mercado Sanchez; FY González Ponce; R Mares País; C González Baez; LÁ Pelayo Orozco; NG Barrera Lopez; A Ramírez Beas; MÁ Zaragoza Mendieta; MF Zarate casas; SL Trejo Ramos; P Salas Núñez; JA Gutiérrez Gómez (Guadalajara; G Ambriz González; I Cabrera; HB Moya- Ambriz; FJ Silva Rivera; EM Torres De Anda; A Hernández; FJ León Frutos; VE Armenta Tapia; M Nieto Galvan; JM Alvarez Hernandez (Guadalajara; AI Sánchez-Terán; N Muñoz Montes; AN Fuertes Muñoz; RL Smolinski kurek (León; K Bozada-Gutiérrez; A Nuñez Venzor; A Zubillaga-Mares; I Serrano (Mexico City; C Moreno-Licea; S Anaya Sanchez; A Trigos Díaz; CJ Pérez - Padrón; EY García-Villegas.; RH Perez-Soto (Mexico City; Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición ‘Salvador Zubirán’); MJ Rueda Medécigo; A Leon - del- Angel; HDJ Pérez Baca; C Chavarría Noya; L Castro (Pachuca; D Herappe , MT Barrio Renteria (Querétaro; A Ramos-De la Medina; L Martinez; II Durán Sánchez; DS Gonzalez; MJ Martínez (Veracruz; Hospital Español Veracruz). Morocco: M Berrakkouch; F Hourri; A Benmansour; R Ait Ben Addi; M Melouane; A Tariq; O Boujidi; I Zerrouq; M Katif; S Amahmid; S Errami; S Jamil; O Nouhail; H Essalim; A Nidali; N Ouachou (Marrakech; A Aboumedian; S Kessab; N Lahnaoui; O Arsalan; S Kassad; A Hrora (Rabat; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Ibn Sina Rabat). Namibia: JT Abebrese; M Van der Colf; FW Quayson; P Shimbulu; P Nambala (Windhoek; Windhoek Central Academic Hospital). New Zealand: S Rennie, A Herewini (Masterton; S Kosna; A Olsen; J Gillingham; R Campbell; A Lin (Wellington; T Uiyapat; S Beavis; D Bardsley; M Lill (Whanganui; J McNab-Hand; O Ray; C Harmston (Whangarei; Whangarei Hospital). Nigeria: A Adeyeye; A Akinmade; E Afeikhena; AI Okunlola (Ado Ekiti; Afe Babalola University MultiSystem Hospital); D Idowu; J Olorunfunmi; A Olabode (Ado-Ekiti; N Oloko; KJ Bwala; A Ningi (Bauchi; P Agbonrofo; D Osifo; P Idjerhe; BO Izedomi; O Omoike; O Irowa; S Ideh; J Enaholo; C Agbonrofo; O Emuze; PV Odigie; M Ediale; RA Eghonghon; M Edena; A Ekpeti; M Momoh; C Osime; O Osagie; A Arekhandia; M Ibadin (Benin City; T AbdulRahman; R Ediru; J Abutu John; O Owolanke (Bida; U Ezomike; N Agugua-Obianyo; J Ede; S Aliozor; EI Nwangwu; C Ilo; C Amah; L Onyebulu; I Ugwueke; I Obianyo; C Onwuzu; U Dilibe; I Orji; V Enemuo; N Celestine; N Ekwo (Enugu; SA Sani; S Olori; I Pius Ogolekwu; O Attawodi; R Hauwa SANI; P Chimezie Andrew (Gwagwalada; A Ishola; O 26 Ayandipo; N Akinbami; A Fakoya; TA Lawal; V Osoka; H Ogundipe (Ibadan; A Ademuyiwa; F Alakaloko; O Oluseye; N Duru; M Ojo; T Olobatoke; AO Lawal; C Nwanmah; O Alaba; R Eloka; C Bode; O Elebute; J Seyi-Olajide; K Onyekachi; O Balogun; O Christianah; L Omomeji; F Akinwande; A Damola-Okesiji; J Okei (Idi Araba; H Abiyere; O Fatudimu; B Mustapha; O Babatunde; OM Williams; O Faboya; C Ónyeka; F Oni; K Shodunke; G Eke; M Abdulsalam; O Oso; A Ayodele; M Okechukwu (Ikeja; C Adumah; A Talabi; O Oyinloye; O Olajide; V Agbakwuru; A Aderounmu; A Agbaje; YL Balogun; MO Ameen; DO Komolafe; O Olasehinde; O Ajiboye; M Fagbayimu; G Aduroja; O Fasoro; A Adisa; AM Olugbami; H Oyinlola; E Adebunmi (Ile-Ife; T Mohammed; A Lawal; F Bello; P Adebayo; O Salako; A Akinkuolie; MA Adetoyi; A Akeem Aderogba; T Oyeyemi; O Ojo (Ilesa; E Osaze; H Ekwuazi; I Ogundele; P Elemile; A Ayeni; I Okoro; C Onuoha (Ilishan-Remo; M Mobolaji-Ojibara , J Mohammad mohammad (Ilorin; NT Abdulraheem; A Jimoh; OK Fasiku (Ilorin; B Aminu; S Kache; G Yohanna Abrak (Kaduna; AA Sheshe; L Anyanwu; AB Muhammad; A Abubakar Abdulkarim; TN Nagwamutse; IU Garzali; S Muhammad; C Nwachukwu; IE Suleiman; SA Aji; A Dahiru; LB Abdullahi; SA Yunusa; A Yahaya; M Bello; I Wasiu; U Mohammed Bello; B Yunusa; N Umar (Kano; RE Enejo; N Nwafulume; A Oke; J Taiwo (Lokoja; OH Ekwunife; OA Egwuonwu; OA Okoye; N Nwanne; C Ugwunne; J Ugwu; U Ezidiegwu; CD Nwosu; K Oluchukwu; V Modekwe; C Uche; EA Obiesie; C Osuigwe (Nnewi; J Aseme; U Edith; J Ezeh; J Nnoli; H Willy-Chidire; D Chimkaomasiri (Onitsha; A Ojewuyi (Osogbo; A Adekoya; L Amosu; A Oyedele; A Ayoade; BA Ayoade; A Asekun; A Ajayi; O Popoola; M Yinusa; AAA Oyelekan; O Oluyemi; C Nwosu; M Okudero; M Agunloye; A Ojo; C Nwokoro; I Babajimi-Joseph; A Williams; S Ogunlade (Sagamu; M Daniyan; TT Sholadoye; M Bashir; N Oyelowo; SE Nwabuoku; A Yakubu; O Ogunsua; M Abubakar; MA Tolani; MS Aliyu (Zaria; Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital). North Macedonia: T Risteski; V Naunova; L Jovcheski (Skopje; University Clinic for Pediatric Surgery). Oman: PW Haque; A Albatanony; A Fajardo; M Omer; DP Talreja; AM Elsayed; H Habiba; H AlAamri (Ibra; S Alsibai; J Albalushi; AM Al Balushi; A Alzadjali; T Al Barhi; A Alkharusi; F Alfarsi; K Al Hinai; H Al Qadhi; R Al Shehhi; H Al Miskry; O Al Hamdani; O Al Alyani; B Rehmani; M Al-Attraqchi; Z Al Balushi (Muscat; M Al Hinai; S Alwardi; L AlRiyami; A ALJamoudi; M Masaaod (Nizwa; Nizwa Hospital). Pakistan: A Raza; A Hai; S Ahmed; DS Maqsood; S Chaudhary; M Farooq; M Tayyab; Z Qureshi; M Ali; S Maqbool; U Abdullah; M Aziz; A Irshad; S Said; A Zafar; U Akram; I Sadiq; A Abbas; M Siddique; I Shahbaz (Islamabad; SH Waqar; M Raheem; F Akhtar; DM 27 Mehmood; DN Mahmood (Islamabad; M Shahid; M Ahmed; M Mansoor Iqbal; Y Lakdawala; S Otho; M Khalid; M Masood; R Kumar; S Jabeen (Karachi; S Altaf (Karachi; M Abdullah; G Shamsi; N Lodhi; G Awais; L Rai (Karachi; S Khattak; A Janjua; A Liaquat; M Saleem (Lahore; MN Rafique; MM Bin Khalid; H Ahmad; MS Khalid; MH Sadiq; A Hashmi; HH Shahid; MA Sadiq; MH Chishti; M Usama; M Kashif; AM Choudhary; H Basharat; K Khalid; MA Haider; MA Bashir; H Sabir; MF Tarar; M Usama (Lahore; MB Mirza; WU Rehman; W Tahir; R Khalid; CE Azmat (Lahore; H Qayum; H Irfan Khan; A Mustafa (Peshawar; HW Bhatti; MR Farooqui; F Rauf; NA Malik (Rawalpindi; M Usman Malik; S Hayat; D Riazhussain (Sargodha; Teaching Hospital - Sargodha). Palestine: J Najajra; N Al-Hroub; M Abu Daoud; R Jubran; M Srour; M Taamreh; A Alsalahat; H Masalma (Bethlehem; A Alwali; L Mohammed; M Al zebda; S Mahdi; A Shaheen; G Alrayyes; L Tafesh; T M. Abubasheer; M Abu Jayyab; H Jaber; M Abuwarda; B M. J. Alhaj; T Aldirawi; F Mahmoud; A Albhaisi; M Obaid; WJN Almadhoun; A Alroobi (Gaza; M Abo Abdo; A Abuthaher; A AbuNemer; M Abu Al Amrain; I Nasser; A Awad; A AlAgha; R Madi; D AbuNemer (Gaza; N Kullab; H Elhallaq; A Abu Tair (Gaza; H Abu-Arish; A Zamareh; M Ahmoud; M H. Oweidat; I AlJada; M Anati; S Halabi; W Alhroub; A Abuhammad; S M. Udwan; H Yaghmour (Hebron; D Houmran; NA Awwad; M Abed; I HajMohammed; A Hewari; A Alqerem; E Zidan; H Abbadi; S Abed (Jenin; The Martyr Dr. Khalil Sulaiman Hospital (Jenin Governmental Hospital)); M Shakhshir; M HajHamad; M Saifi; S Abuzahra; A Khouli; Z Shabello; Z Khraim; S Ismail; MF Dwikat (Nablus; R Bassam; A Sabbah; A Gharib; R Alzughayyar; R Issa; A Abuhantash; O Matar; Y A. Omar; O Khalil; A Awwad (Tulkarm; Martyr Thabet Thabet Govermental Hospital). Paraguay: A Rodriguez Gonzalez; ED Sosa Ferreira; R Ferreira Acosta; MN Martínez Bareiro; JE Giubi Bobeda; A Franco (Asuncion; Universidad Nacional de Asunción). Peru: A Walfor (Huánuco; L Poggi; L Fuentes Rivera Lau; MA Moreno Gonzales; F Camacho; O Ibarra; G Arredondo (Lima; K Nieto Yrigoin; D Chavez Fernandez; DC Juan Carlos (Lima; G Mendiola; A Salazar; R Casma Bustamante (Lima; G Borda-Luque; Y Carpio Colmenares; MR Li Valencia; F Palomino Escalante; K Quispe de la Roca (Lima; MM Caramantin Obando (Paita; R Polo, V Serna-Alarcon (Piura; Jose Cayetano Heredia III Regional Hospital). Poland: R Mazurkiewicz; M Kołomańska; PJ Milewski (Kielce; M Kisielewski; T Stefura; K Richter; W Wysocki; N Kłos; W Jabłoński; I Alsoubie; B Żaczek; T Wojewoda; J Bolanowski (Krakow; Z Orzeszko; M Wikar; R 28 Solecki; B Markowska; M Szura; T Gach (Krakow; M Matyja; B Habrat; W Serednicki (Krakow; Z Lorenc; M Święch; M Mietła; W Krawczyk; M Nycz (Sosnowiec; K Urbańska; K Komorowska; P Kowalewski; JK Zajac, M Zawadzki (Wroclaw; M Kusiński; M Pryt; F Brzeszczyński; H Dąbrowski; M Redynk (Łódź; Copernicus Memorial Hospital). Portugal: J Figueiredo; B Cismasiu; R Souto; S Henriques; AL Preto Barreira; J Vaz; JM Carlos; M Trindade; L Moreira; M Palas; J Simoes (Almada; F Ramalho de Almeida; M Vasconcelos; A Neves; J Ribeiro; F Afonso; A Pita; R Miranda Pera; M Bernardo; C Rio Ferreira; T Branco; J Fontaínhas; S Pimentel Morais; B Pinto (Amadora; S Patrocínio; L Moniz; C Rolo Santos; P Bernardo; F Nazareth (Barreiro; C Silva; L Heeren; AR Mateus Loureiro; B Tinoco; A Abreu (Caldas da Rainha; DM Gonçalves Múrias Gomes; C Figueiredo; C Aguero; M Reia; M Guerrero; MA Fernandez Romero; J Dominguez (Elvas; I Colaço; M Nunes Luís; S Andrade; S Oliveira; D Pais (Figueira da Foz; DG Alves; F Castro; R Ribeiro; I Mogárrio; MDC Gama Caldeira (Funchal; B Gama; CS Rodrigues; A Cabral; A Silva (Horta; E Borges; J Cassiano Neves; R Bernardino; P David Santos; J Secchi (Lisbon; M Nunes; D Tavares; M Cruz; C Quintela; C Cardoso; IM Lourenço (Matosinhos; D Vaz Acosta; P Rego Ponte; R Santos Pereira (Ponta Delgada; H Capote; MB Mourato; T Mogne; N Andrade; G Fialho; F Valente Costa Pinto; B Cordeiro; M Brito; G Santos; D Rosado; C Costa; N Pratas (Portalegre; J DiasFerreira; AL Carreira-Marques; R Ribeiro Dias; B Carvalho; M Gomes; C Soares-Aquino; F Gomes; S Barbosa Castelo Branco; C Coutinho; JP Vieira de Sousa; D Atouguia (Porto; L Cidade Costa (Porto; D Silva; P Correia; C Henriques; AM Pinheiro Pereira; H Devesa; R Barradas; S Fortuna Martins; N Marcos; A Jarimba; B Louro; L Rodrigues Madeira; AR Lourenço (Santarem; A Ferreira; A Abreu da Silva; D Stoian; M Ferreira (Santiago do Cacém; R Branquinho; JC Domingues; MI Seixo; R Lalanda; C Bôto (Tomar; J Fernandes; P Laranjo; M Reis; I Borges da Costa; C Assis; B Lopes Patrício; NM Freitas Oliveira (Vila Franca de Xira; M Carvalho; J Mendes; C Macedo Cardoso de Oliveira; B Freire; R Pinheiro Duque (Vila Nova de Famalicao; B Vieira; U Fernandes; A Dupont; R Vaz Pereira (Vila Real; Centro Hospitalar de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro; E. P. E. ). Qatar: G Sarp; E Soyer Güldoğan (Doha; Turkish Hospital). Romania: É Gáspár (Brasov; A Chitul; C Bezede; E Ciofic; D Cristian (Bucharest; EA Toma; IM Matache; O Enciu; B Bogdan-Gabriel (Bucharest; I Negoi; C Ciubotaru; I Tanase; C Dina; VM Negoita; A Perja (Bucharest; 29 Emergency Clinical Hospital Bucharest); R Drasovean; A Trif; D Misca; C Hossu; I Imihteev (ClujNapoca; Medicover Hospital Cluj). Russian Federation: V Kakotkin; M Agapov; V Budyakova; S Dos Santos Rocha Ferreira; R Senin (Kaliningrad; A Bedzhanyan; A Sumbaev; K Petrenko; E Bedzhanyan; E Tyurina; R Azimov; P Glushkov; K Shemyatovsky; S Husanov; A Sidorova (Moscow; G Yarovenko; E Shestakov; O Lisin; A Arustamyan; J Sidorovskaia; K Cholah; I Cholah; D Kurochka (Simferopol; V Ten, Y Kudryavcev (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk; Private healthcare institution ‘RZD-Medicine’). Rwanda: JP Rugambwa; CN Nelly Rosine; N Jeannette; A Dusabimana (Huye; Gisagara; C Seneza; C Uwakunda; L Mukamazera; G Ntwari; I Didier (Kigali; A Costas-Chavarri; M Eugene; C Nyampinga; R Munyaneza; D Muyenzi (Kigali; Rwanda Military Hospital). Saudi Arabia: N Alzerwi; M Rayzah; A Almutairi; A Alsultan; B Ali (Al-Majmaah; A Shabkah; H Said; A Alhebshi; A Mohsen; K Anaam; F Alnazawi; A Basalim; B Albaihani; S Al Athath; A Jowharji; A Aljahdali (Jeddah; N Trabulsi; M Alharthi; A Farsi; M Ghunaim; A Nawawi; A Maghrabi (Jeddah; N Alzerwi; Y Aldebasi; F Al Abbood; A Elkhalifa; M Alshanwani; S Alshagrawi (Riyadh; F Ahmad (Riyadh; A Alayed; R AlQahtani; R Sugair; O Alruwaili; B Alsharari; H Albalawi; H Al SOHABI; A Alshahrani; S Asiri; M Alshehri; A Albalawi; R Alatawi; T Khewater; H Adi; J Akiely; N Musawa; F Alahmad; B Alqahtani; M Sersarah; Z Farraj; A Alzahrani; N Al Amri; M AlThomali; D Elkafrawy (Taif City; King Faisal Medical Complex). Serbia: J Juloski; V Cuk; V Cijan; L Milic (Belgrade; Zvezdara University Medical Center). Slovenia: JA Košir; J Grosek; A Tomazic; T Košir Božič (Ljubljana; University Medical Centre). South Africa: S Gumede; C Kloppers; K Booyse; S Dos Santos; M Flint (Cape Town; Z Johnson; JJ Jordaan; G Steenkamp (Cape Town; K Nieuwenhuys; J Uys; SS Verhage; A Goliath; S Gilbert (Cape Town; M Kariem, N Karimbocus (Cape Town; C Lategan, T Mabogoane (Cape Town; S Mewa Kinoo; R Naidoo; N Ntanzi; S Sibiya; S Ebrahim (Durban; S Govender; E Naidoo; P Moodley; K Maharaj (Durban; H Le Roux, J Van Niekerk (East London; A Sparke, P Omwansa (East London; CA Baars; S Marawu; K Sevnaran; A Szpytko (Empangeni; G Charalambous; B Van Zyl; O Pheiffer; F Roodt (George; D Rattray; N Rasool; M Nkogatse; R Mackay; G Urdang (Johannesburg; V Manchev; D Clarke; S Naidu; V Govindasamy (Pietermaritzburg; LC Kolongi; C Elliot-Wilson; S Kalenga; I Serfontein; M Goga (Upington; S Burger, R Duvenage (Worcester; Worcester Provincial Hospital). 30 Spain: H Aguado López; F Ruescas; A García Marín; M Scortechini; M Jurado Román; A Sanchez Gallego (Albacete; E González Marín; S De la Cruz Ahufinger; M Mateu; MJ Medina; MDM Martí-Ejarque; R Soliva Domínguez; L Ruiz-Villa; E Montalbán Martínez (BARCELONA; A Torroella; C Ginesta; G Cárdenas Rivera; VE Gonzabay; JD Acevedo Parrales (Barcelona; M Canals Sin; A Lombardero; B Capdevila Vilaró; M Carbonell Pradas; ME Muñoz Fernández; RA Hernandez Rodriguez; I De Haro Jorge; M Riba Martínez; L Tapia Moral; M Coronas Soucheiron; P Palazon Bellver; L Ortega Lechuga; X Tarrado; A Domenech Plana; J Prat-Ortells; M Bejarano Serrano; M Cuesta Argos; MP Martin Gimenez; SG Laura; R Ripoll i Palmés (Barcelona; A Sainz Lete; JC Zevallos-Quiroz; D Gómez; B Estraviz; JM De Francisco Rios; J Barrutia Leonardo; M González de Miguel (Bizkaia; RL Ferlini; M Ortega Escudero; Y Galvañ Félix; C Hernandez Diaz; J Montero García (Burgos; Á Fernández Camuñas; EP Garcia Santos; FJ Redondo Calvo (Ciudad Real; M Estaire Gómez; RJ Castro Lara; A Ramos Bonilla; L Rodríguez Gómez; M Marqueta De Salas; A Alvarez Cuiñas; FM Bujalance Cabrera; MD Cancelas; A García Domínguez; G Chamoso Mialdea; EP Cagigal Ortega; D Enjuto; I Cervera (Leganés; R Villalobos Mori; Y Maestre González; C Gas; L Codina Corrons; C Semeraro (Lleida; J García-Quijada; TW Jorgensen; MJ Peña Soria; N Tabatabaian; JL Garcia galocha; D Fra Corral; L Sante Serna (Madrid; M Diez Alonso; C Vera Mansilla; L Casalduero; S Soto Schütte; Y Allaoua (Madrid; E Gutierrez; C Zapata Syro; F Prieto La Noire; MDM Olmedo Reinoso; S Salido; N Chavarrias; M Vicario Bravo; L Asensio Gomez; R Abad; A Gegúndez Simón; PC Arteaga Asensio (Madrid; AM Minaya Bravo; E González; A Galvan; C Guijarro Moreno; G De la Peña González; A Sánchez Gollarte; A Robin Valle de Lersundi; MÁ García Ureña (Madrid; JL Rodicio Miravalles; AA Suárez Álvarez; DW Silva-Cano; G Martínez Izquierdo; P Del Val Ruiz; M Moreno Gijon; S Amoza Pais; GP Ibero Casadiego; E López-Negrete Cueto; J Carrizo; S Sanz; R Rodríguez-Uria; A Cembellin; G García-Santos; A Fraile (Oviedo; D Córdova García; L Jiménez; J Martin Fernandez; R Alvarado Hurtado; R Díaz Pedrero; N Cobeño Tamayo; V Ongil Rodríguez (Rivas-Vaciamadrid; Madrid; F Aguilar del Castillo; Á De Jesús Gil; S Borrego Canovaca (Sevilla; JR Naranjo Fernández; Z Valera Sanchez; R Perez; M Infantes Ormad; M Sánchez Ramirez (Seville; C Leal Ferrandis; C Esteo Verdu; S García López; J Febré; B Cuneo (Valencia; C León-Espinoza; E Martí Cuñat; G Pou (Valencia; C Jezieniecki; S Alonso Marcos; A Vazquez Fernandez; J Beltrán de Heredia; B De Andrés-Asenjo; D Baños Méndez; JC Garcia Vera; M Ruiz Soriano; E Redondo; R Martínez Díaz; T Gómez Sanz; P Artigot; C Infante; C Ferreras García; LR Cabezudo; G Cabezudo; M Lainez Escribano; M Rodriguez-Lopez; H Nuñez Del Barrio; A Romero de Diego (Valladolid; A Vazquez Melero; M Camuera; I Herrero; D Garcia López de Goicoechea; M Sánchez-Rubio (Vitoria-Gasteiz; Hospital 31 Universitario Araba); MDP Cebollero, JL Blas Laina (Zaragoza; V Duque Mallén; N Sánchez Fuentes; P Sancho Pardo; I Gascon Ferrer; MÁ Dobón Rascón; T Gimenez Maurel; J Chóliz; S Saudí-Moro; S Paterna -Lopez; A Martinez German; D Aparicio-López; MÁ Gascón Domínguez; P Royo Dachary (Zaragoza; Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet). Sri Lanka: S Srishankar; SPB Thalgaspitiya; KJ Senanayake; D Wickramarathna (Anuradhapura; D Subasinghe, D Wickramasinghe (Colombo; M Nandasena; K Wijesinghe; H Miyasika; J Senavirathna; Y Chamara (Dehiwala; S Rajendra; SI Thuraisamy Sarma; B Balagobi; V Sutharshan; S Giridaran (Jaffna; W Wijenayake; MT Ekanayake; S Jayatilleke; S Jayasekara; M Perera; R Perera; R Ellawala; WDD De Silva (Werahera; University Hospital; Kotelawala Defence University). Sudan: S Alqurashi; N Rajab (Ed Dueim; TA Albushary; FA Mohammed Daoud; A Younis; MA Suliman; F Tahir Lwdie; S Ibrahim Tour Harakan; M Abdelhadi Suliman Adam; E Hegab; A Abdalla; T Almahdi; E Alabed (El Geneina; S Eldirdiri; OA Eljizoly; A Mohammed; A Mohamed Ibrahim Mohamed (Gadarif city; A Albager; MA Ismael Alamin; M Alsalawi; MA Elgak (Kassala; EG Nubi Mohamed; A Eltahir; E Adel Hamdoun Aziz; I Adel; O Emadeldeen; OG Nubi; E Mohamed (Khartoum; M Hamed; M Tageldin; E Elsheikh; U Omara; E ADAm; IMG Ahmed; GMG Ahmed; S Imam (Khartoum; AA Adam; S Amin Omar Alsiddig; A Ahmed; S Abdelrasoul Elnour Ismail; M Mohamedshafee; Y Mohamed (Khartoum; EE Abuobaida Banaga Hag El Tayeb; H Abuobaida; AS Ahmed (Khartoum; A Elbalal; GN El Hunjul; A Mustafa; E Yousuf; E Hamed; S Ibrahim; O Morgan; N Omer (Wad Madani; University of Gezira Hospital). Sweden: M Zaigham, A Al Mukhtar (Malmö; Västmanlands Hospital Västerås). Switzerland: D Fenner, D Salinovic (Frauenfeld; X Papazarkadas; TV Pham; C Brasset; A Litchinko; F Ris; C Golliez; M Chevallay (Geneva; J Gass; J Mühlhäusser; J Metzger; A Scheiwiller (Luzern; A Tampakis; C Riboni; U Dietz; E Brolese; C Seiler; M Kalisvaart; JN Marx; L Eisner (Olten; G Peros; F Solimene; M Gramellini; A Lareida; M Adamina; E Betz; L Dubs; K Geiger-Timm; L Gantner; N Seeger; K Richetti; K Hofmann (Winterthur; MA Schneider; D Gero; K Lehmann; P Limani; S Hügli; S Gerdes; F Mazzola; A Hiller (Zurich; University Hospital of Zurich). Syrian Arab Republic: MA Farho; M Mohammad; AY Arnaout; Y Nerabani; Y Maktabi; W Alsado; A Anadani (Aleppo; M Morjan; M Nasani; W Mayo; S Kreid; M Arnaout; MN Sawas (Aleppo; Al-Shahbaa Private Hospital); M Aloulou; MK Marawy; A Kezze; I Arnaout; A Kelzia; E Dabbagh; R Masri; MH Nabhan; A Alniemi; A Alhaj; S Ward; Y Haido; N Dadoush; MK Abu albahrain; A Niazi; W Abbas; A Hasan; S Alshab; S Kamari; R Kalouk; Z Toutounji (Aleppo; D Sharl Ajami; B 32 Alsaid; A Alusef; K Abo zaal (Damascus; AR Hammadieh; Z Klib; MR Mslmani; A Alhaj zain; M Klib; L Shammas; AJ Chekfa; Z Odeh; R Joumaa; H Al-zoubi (Damascus; Al-Mouwasat University Hospital); Q Mashlah; HO Odah Bashi̇; H Zwaraa (Damascus; I Adham; L Hasan; A Khatib; S Jomaa; A Alfarwan; A Torbey; A Rashid; A Hawarah; M Alhimyar; L Al-Boukhari; MA Al-yusuf; AN Aldirani (Damascus; Y Alhammoud , Y Al-Junaidi (Homs; Al-Basel Specialized Hospital in Karm El-Louz); M Daher; Z Asaad; K Khalil (Homs; J Khoury; J Jahjah; J Alaji; S Turkmani; S Mahfoud; A Ahmad; M Derattani; G Massarra; J Skaff; ZA Hannouneh; H Amoudi; ZA Zaher; G Zaza (Latakia; A Wassouf; A Alahmad Alismael; S Nofal; A Mansour; M Mansour; Z Alkhaier; J Suliman; M Sabboh; M Haj Hussein; M Ibrahim; ZA Abo alaros; G Alhadwah; N Kheyrbek; D Ibrahim; G Hamdan; Y Hasan; A Abo al Shamat; A Roumieh; B Khattab; H Alkhatib (Latakia; S Hassan; S Abdul Rahman; A Abdul Rahman; F Aliskander; J Alkharish; G Kafa; I Suleiman; A Bassma; A Alloush; N Ismaiel; J Deeb; M Alrantisi; E Salloum; A AlMouahhed; A Baydoun; H Yunes; S Alkadi; D Abdulrahman; I Hussein (Latakia; A Bakri; H Asaad; T Ashkar; H Daaboul; A Marouf; F Chahrour; B Ranjous; B Ibrahim; A Sinjab; M Alneasan; J Fahed; R Attaf; S Kanaan (Latakia; Tishreen University Hospital). Thailand: A Tansawet; W Kasetsermwiriya; I Laopeamthong; P Sukhvibul; T Techapongsatorn; N Techapongsatorn; P Kasetsermwiriya; P Leungon (Bangkok; Vajira hospital). Togo: PS Tekam Wadje (Lomé; CHU Sylvanus Olympio). Tunisia: MJ Kacem; R Elaifia; Y Ouadi; S Megdiche; Y Jedidi (Tunis; La Rabta Hospital). Turkey: AÇ Bozkurt, H Tümer (Adana; MA Koç; A Çakmak; AF Kocaay; KY Türker; TB Türkmen (Ankara; O Yalkin, D Yigit (Bursa; B Yigit; A Aslan; S Yilmaz (Elazig; AN Sanli; Yİ Tandoğan; A Yildiz; A İsler; A Ozkomec (Gaziantep; ME Seker; E Ay; M Erkaya; YO Koyluoglu; A Develioğlu; GM Kurtoglu; GK Kurtoglu; AF Cetişli; E Tunçcan; A Aghayeva; Z Durna; B Baca (Istanbul; AE Dönmez; B Togay; E Ada; IE Yavuz; IA Bilgin; EC Karabulut; AM Uysal; Y Karataş; B Ağca; MK Aktas; F Demiral; B Duman; K Kabulov; I Hamzaoglu; T Karahasanoğlu; M Tanal; S Meriç; M Tokocin; H Yigitbas; A Barcin; G Alici; E Yavuz; OB Gülcicek; N Bugdayci; K Özdoğan; I Çakir; YE Aktimur; RE Sönmez; M Şermet; MS Ozsoy; H Baysal; F Buyuker (Istanbul; M Oncel; S Bektas; AE Askin; M Yashar; A İzgi̇ş (Istanbul; SS Uludağ; MF Ozcelik; S Yumurtacilar (Istanbul; A Özcan; E Somuncu; S Yilmaz; A Sapmaz; H Bolukbasi; C Özkan; E Bozdağ; MC Kizilkaya; H Telci; Y Kara; AZ Kaan; M Acar; EO Yildirim (Istanbul; G Akcakoca; C Hacialioğlu; Y Tosun; V Çalik; TE Yilmaz; H Alfakeer (Istanbul; MI Ateş; SN Karahan; M Kalender; AE Narin; D Yi̇ği̇t; O Agcaoglu; S Toprak; B Celik; E Ozoran; DS Uymaz; S Yigman; E Bozkurt; A Rencuzogullari; E Balik; S Sucu 33 (Istanbul; A Akmercan; K Oğur; A Hajali; QK Dolatzay (Istanbul; N Kiziltoprak; MS Genç; B Özcan; Z Şenol; OF Ozkan; M Çuhadar; ED Terzi (Istanbul; T Gülşen (Istanbul; B Citgez; H Ozsahin; C Ersavas (Istanbul; C Bi̇li̇r; AE Boztaş Demi̇r; AD Hacioglu; G Ozyuksel; AM Öztürk; B Calik; AC Yaşar (Izmir; E Colak; MA Avci; E Aybar; M Gün; AB Ciftci; MS Uyanik; ME Kara; C Akgün; AC Sari; Ö Küpçüoğlu; GO Kucuk; S Polat (Samsun; N Kavak; MA Kara; G Karadeniz Cakmak; B Kum (Zonguldak; S Öztürk, B Eyduran (İzmir; University of Health Sciences Tepecik Training and Research Hospital). Uganda: B Kigwe, M Arafat (Iganga; M Nnabagulanyi (Kigumba; Kiwoko Hospital). United Kingdom: ZA Fozo; A Shoker; KR Rahman; MW Saqib; R Faisal; CS Ong; A Pillai; H Unwin; A Huws; M Maybury; H Ejaz; E Daketsey; AK Lala (Bangor; North Wales; MAK Sarker; B Chkir; MR Peris; S Khan; MA Tahir; R Doherty; H Alhusaini; MF Butt; H Afzal; S Handa; N Maharjan; A Mostafa; G Lee; CK Lim; A Krishna; WT Yew; Y Lu; R Hall (Barrow in Furness; E Mohammed (Basildon; F Georgiades; S Karim; K Rajaratnam (Bedford; J Abbasy; A Bibi; S Karandikar; L Johnstone; N Fazili (Birmingham; A Singh; A Athanasiou; H Lidbetter; J Siby; M Kaur; A Fatima (Brighton; SM Reddy; A Campbell; A Cardoso Almeida; K Smith; CJ Bradshaw; K Tambudze; H Delacave; I Norman (Bristol; M San; S Babu; S Midya; H Bradly; S Tontus; H Chauhan; R Jurdon; M Corcos; E Jose (Camberley; N Eardley; B Davies; M Ransome; S Suresh; A Bavaharan; R Batir; R Sato (Colchester; N Chidumije; TY Kwan; F Olaniru; I Parwaiz; LP Cheng (Coventry; N Gokhare Viswanath; K Nanayakkara; A Tibude (Derby; O Olajumoke; M Shams; D George; A Amin; M Kausar; S Sellahewa (Dudley; H Kamal; A Kamal; M Kamal (Dundee; O Pryer; H Sagar; B Lulham-Robinson; S Dawo; R Bethune; G Chillarge; AM Myintmo; M Horga; L Andreski; E Ruiz-Daum; T Finlay; I Rakshit (Exeter; J Bryan; D Joshi; R Marlin; M Battili; YL Aung; L Zeng; S Mathew; I Njere; S Gopaul; A Abbas (Great Yarmouth; G Singh; M Asarbakhsh; S Staight (Huddersfield; R Govindaraju; M Quaunine; S Yassin; A Wilkins; J Walshaw; L Chang; A Mahendran; F Hammett; D Fairbrass; UA Kalu; E Dexter; T Nadeem; N Karunaratne; T Lo; M Pellen (Hull; SH Sarwary; J Otote; D Anbu; H Islam; N Morricone (Ilford; 34 King George Hospital); K Lee; E Gimson; M Wilson; C Chiam (Larbert; M Solkar; M Bautista; NS Blencowe; J Sutcliffe; A Peckham-Cooper (Leeds; E O’Connell; KE Dey; R Lunevicius; MM Barakat; GR Goodwin; B Devkaran; IC Nzenwa; A Pilavas (Liverpool; K Bananis; A Alamin; S Bennett; MD Barcelona; A Sharp; F Soggiu (London; E Baili; H Ebied; A Botha; M Haghighat Ghahfarokhi; MMT Youssef (London; K Theodoropoulou; A Quddus; R Hegy; M Mahran; A Ghanbari (London; P Kapsampelis; T Chouari; J Saunders; C Boven; I Gerogiannis (London; N Karthikeyan; C Karagianni; E Spanoudakis (London; H Younus; R Ben Hmida; D Eaton (London; C Seet; R Bradley; R Roberts (London; FN Amir; M Durrani; A Tahir (Macclesfield; A Khalil; E O’Neill; S Ingley; V Bill; P Wilson; M Elmousili; E Chin; C Alphonse; P Suresh; L Devi; C Shelton (Manchester; S Bugren; M Abdelreheem; MMR Azzuz; DJ Dhillon; MF Khan; B Peter; I Fagiri; T Harris; P Thambi (Middlesbrough; M Tomlinson; C Hidalgo Salinas; A Mwanjoka; M Catterall; B Ali (Morecambe; S Tingle; K Waddell; F Peters; T Akharaekpanya; S Robinson (North Shields; NA Binti Yusri; A Ashiru; SA Chowdhury; J Reilly; S Malek; S Kumaran; A Doghaim; ABA AlHajjaj; LR Chieng; ZY Wong; R Olatunji (Nottingham; J Bundred; B Down; A Ang; KA Shamiyah; G Bond-Smith (Oxford; M Elmesalmi (Portsmouth; S Monkhouse; O Mohamed; B Robertson-Jones; BZ Hao (Redhill; S Ghattas; N Beharry; A Maraqa; N Uttam; S Rafiq; A Abdelhamid; E Mazumdar; M Dyer; MEEA Abdelsalam; B Johnson; M Abdelkarim; A Murtada; MMS Tora; Z Azhar (Rhyl; O Whitehurst; K Bhatti; S Silvestre; LN Bin Aizan; A Patel (Salford; Z Khan; A Maqsood-Shah; O Webster; H Reilly; S Boyes (Sheffield; S Bandyopadhyay; B McDermott; H Kynaston; B Neall; M West; G Hart; R Titcombe; A Ekerin; A Demetriou; N Harrison; JJQ Chen (Southampton; M Hammoda; L Robine-Durnell; E Mansour; A Evans; E Baker (Swansea; I Abdullah, O Osunlusi (Walsall; Walsall Manor Hospital). United States: S Soelling, R Askari (Boston; M Asaad; J Leong; M Perkins; D Ozal; SS Budhwani (Chicago; A Maxwell; A Shah; S Schimpke (Chicago; D Moris; C Nicholson Jr.; HE Rice (Durham; D Ridder; M Tsuruta; K Noguchi; D Mikami; R Kitamura; J Ng-Kamstra (Honolulu; Hawaii; RJ Robitsek; K Fretwell; J Chan; R Laskowski (Jamaica; R Zerna Encalada (Syracuse; SUNY Upstate University Hospital). Yemen; Rep. : R Ghaleb; N Alnamari; A Al-Bahla; B Al soudi (Hajjah; B Alshaikh; M Al-Shehari; M Al-Dhaheri; YSSM Ghaleb; MI Issa (Sana’a; Al-Thawra Modern General Hospital).