About the Authors

Giuseppe Indolfi

g.indolfi@meyer.it

Affiliation Paediatric and Liver Unit, Meyer Children's University Hospital of Florence, Florence, Italy

Giusi Mangone

Affiliation Immunology Unit and Laboratory, Meyer Children's University Hospital of Florence, Florence, Italy

Elisa Bartolini

Affiliation Paediatric and Liver Unit, Meyer Children's University Hospital of Florence, Florence, Italy

Gabriella Nebbia

Affiliation U.O. Pediatria 2, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy

Pier Luigi Calvo

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases Unit, University of Turin, Italy Regina Margherita Children's Hospital, Turin, Italy

Maria Moriondo

Affiliation Immunology Unit and Laboratory, Meyer Children's University Hospital of Florence, Florence, Italy

Pier-Angelo Tovo

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases Unit, University of Turin, Italy Regina Margherita Children's Hospital, Turin, Italy

Maurizio de Martino

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Chiara Azzari

Affiliations Immunology Unit and Laboratory, Meyer Children's University Hospital of Florence, Florence, Italy, Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Massimo Resti

Affiliation Paediatric and Liver Unit, Meyer Children's University Hospital of Florence, Florence, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GI PLC GB PAT MdM CA MR. Performed the experiments: GM MM EB CA. Analyzed the data: GI GN PLC PAT EB CA MdM MR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GM MM EB CA. Wrote the paper: GI MdM CA MR.