About the Authors

Simone Lanini

simone.lanini@inmi.it

Affiliation National Institute for Infectious Diseases “Lazzaro Spallanzani”, I.R.C.C.S., Rome, Italy

Silvia D'Arezzo

Affiliation National Institute for Infectious Diseases “Lazzaro Spallanzani”, I.R.C.C.S., Rome, Italy

Vincenzo Puro

Affiliation National Institute for Infectious Diseases “Lazzaro Spallanzani”, I.R.C.C.S., Rome, Italy

Lorena Martini

Affiliation National Institute for Infectious Diseases “Lazzaro Spallanzani”, I.R.C.C.S., Rome, Italy

Francesco Imperi

Affiliation Department of Biology, University “Roma Tre”, Rome, Italy

Pierluca Piselli

Affiliation National Institute for Infectious Diseases “Lazzaro Spallanzani”, I.R.C.C.S., Rome, Italy

Marco Montanaro

Affiliation UOC Ematologia Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale di Viterbo, Viterbo, Italy

Simonetta Paoletti

Affiliation UOC Ematologia Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale di Viterbo, Viterbo, Italy

Paolo Visca

Affiliation Department of Biology, University “Roma Tre”, Rome, Italy

Giuseppe Ippolito

Affiliation National Institute for Infectious Diseases “Lazzaro Spallanzani”, I.R.C.C.S., Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SL VP GI. Performed the experiments: PV SDA FI. Analyzed the data: SL PP VP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MM SP. Wrote the manuscript: SL VP PV. Led the epi-team: GI. Provided retrospective data: MM SP. Conducted audit: LM SL. Followed up patients: MM SP.