About the Authors
- Daniela Paccagnini
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Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Sezione di Microbiologia clinica e sperimentale, Sassari, Italy
- Lee Sieswerda
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Affiliation Bay District Health Unit 999, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
- Valentina Rosu
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Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Sezione di Microbiologia clinica e sperimentale, Sassari, Italy
- Speranza Masala
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Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Sezione di Microbiologia clinica e sperimentale, Sassari, Italy
- Adolfo Pacifico
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Affiliation Servizio di Diabetologia, Clinica Medica Universitaria di Sassari, Sassari, Italy
- Maria Gazouli
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Affiliation Department of Biology, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
- John Ikonomopoulos
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Affiliation Department of Anatomy-Physiology, Faculty of Animal Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece
- Niyaz Ahmed
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Affiliation Pathogen Biology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
- Stefania Zanetti
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Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Sezione di Microbiologia clinica e sperimentale, Sassari, Italy
- Leonardo A. Sechi
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* E-mail: sechila@uniss.it
Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Sezione di Microbiologia clinica e sperimentale, Sassari, Italy
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: LAS. Performed the experiments: DP VR SM. Analyzed the data: LS Ji NA SZ LAS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LS AP MG. Wrote the paper: MG NA LAS.