About the Authors

Lorenzo Isella

Affiliation Complex Networks and Systems Group, Institute for Scientific Interchange (ISI) Foundation, Torino, Italy

Mariateresa Romano

Affiliation Epidemiology Unit, Bambino Gesù Hospital, Rome, Italy

Alain Barrat

Affiliations Complex Networks and Systems Group, Institute for Scientific Interchange (ISI) Foundation, Torino, Italy, Centre de Physique Théorique de Marseille, CNRS UMR 6207, Marseille, France

Ciro Cattuto

Affiliation Complex Networks and Systems Group, Institute for Scientific Interchange (ISI) Foundation, Torino, Italy

Vittoria Colizza

Affiliation Complex Networks and Systems Group, Institute for Scientific Interchange (ISI) Foundation, Torino, Italy

Wouter Van den Broeck

Affiliation Complex Networks and Systems Group, Institute for Scientific Interchange (ISI) Foundation, Torino, Italy

Francesco Gesualdo

Affiliation Epidemiology Unit, Bambino Gesù Hospital, Rome, Italy

Elisabetta Pandolfi

Affiliation Epidemiology Unit, Bambino Gesù Hospital, Rome, Italy

Lucilla Ravà

Affiliation Epidemiology Unit, Bambino Gesù Hospital, Rome, Italy

Caterina Rizzo

Affiliation National Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, Istituto Superiore di Sanità Rome, Rome, Italy

Alberto Eugenio Tozzi

alberto.tozzi@gmail.com

Affiliation Epidemiology Unit, Bambino Gesù Hospital, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AET CC AB CR VC. Performed the experiments: MR FG EP LR CC WVdB. Analyzed the data: LI CC AB VC AET. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CC WVdB. Wrote the manuscript: AET CC CR LI VC AB.