About the Authors

Isabella Santi

Contributed equally to this work with: Isabella Santi, Alfredo Pezzicoli

Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Srl, Siena, Italy

Alfredo Pezzicoli

Contributed equally to this work with: Isabella Santi, Alfredo Pezzicoli

Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Srl, Siena, Italy

Mattia Bosello

Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Srl, Siena, Italy

Francesco Berti

Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Srl, Siena, Italy

Massimo Mariani

Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Srl, Siena, Italy

John L. Telford

Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Srl, Siena, Italy

Guido Grandi

Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Srl, Siena, Italy

Marco Soriani

Marco.Soriani@novartis.com

Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Srl, Siena, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IS AP MS. Performed the experiments: IS AP MB FB MM. Analyzed the data: IS AP MB FB MM JLT GG MS. Wrote the paper: IS AP FB GG MS.