Affiliations:
  1. Unit of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Torino at the “Amedeo di Savoia” Hospital, Corso Svizzera 164, 10149, Torino, Italy.
  2. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Laboratory, “Amedeo di Savoia” Hospital, ASL Città di Torino, Corso Svizzera 164, 10149, Torino, Italy
  3. Regional Department for Infectious Diseases and Emergency DIRMEI, ASL Città di Torino, Via S. Secondo 29, 10128, Torino, Italy
Data availability: Raw data supporting the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author MT on request.
Funding: This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors and was supported by internal funding.
Conflict of interest: The authors have no conflict to declare.
Ethics approval: The study was approved by the Regional Department for Infectious Diseases and Emergency (DIRMEI, Torino, Italy).
Patient consent: Patients not consenting to the phone survey were discarded and their data not collected from the RUPCOVID database. Anonymized data were used for survivor and deceased subjects.
Permission to reproduce material from other sources: Not applicable.
Corresponding author: Mattia Trunfio, Clinica Universitaria I piano, Ospedale Amedeo di Savoia, Corso Svizzera 164, 10149 Torino, Italy; email: mattia.trunfio@edu.unito.it ; fax: +39 0114393942; telephone: +39 3383309546
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