He could not be contacted for comment today.
The author, who could not be contacted for comment yesterday, was quoted in La Repubblica as saying "I shall leave Italy, at least for a period and then we'll see".
In the current study, participants were purposively sampled from the cohort study participants who had given consent to be contacted for future research (Patton 2002).
Additionally, all participants in the cross-sectional study will be contacted for follow-up participation one year later.
In 2012 the sample of original participants who had agreed to be contacted for follow-up studies consisted of 3.659 individuals.
Of these, 2,734 individuals had died, 45 had moved away and 427 refused to be contacted for any follow-up, resulting in 5,991 eligible people with known addresses.
A total of 680 centers from 48 countries were contacted for the 2011 survey (39 European and 9 affiliated countries); of which 651 teams from 46 countries (37 European, 9 affiliated countries) reported their numbers.
In all, 680 centers from 48 countries were contacted for the 2012 survey (38 European and 10 affiliated countries), of which 661 teams from 48 countries (38 European, 10 affiliated countries) reported their numbers.
Camelot was contacted for comment about today's eviction but has not yet responded.
Patients treated with nifurtimox in 2008 during a cross-sectional study in Geneva, Switzerland, were contacted for follow-up in 2011.
