About the Authors
- Angelika Banzhoff
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* E-mail: angelika.banzhoff@novartis.com
Affiliation Novartis Vaccines, Marburg, Germany
- Roberto Gasparini
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Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, Section of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
- Franco Laghi-Pasini
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Affiliation Department of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, ‘Le Scotte’ University Hospital, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
- Tommaso Staniscia
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Affiliation Department of Medicine and Aging, University G. D'Annunzio, Chieti, Italy
- Paolo Durando
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Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, Section of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
- Emanuele Montomoli
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Affiliation Department of Pathophysiology, Experimental Medicine and Public Health, Laboratory of Molecular Epidemiology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
- Pamela Capecchi
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Affiliation Department of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, ‘Le Scotte’ University Hospital, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
- Pamela di Giovanni
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Affiliation Department of Drug Sciences, University G. D'Annunzio, Chieti, Italy
- Laura Sticchi
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Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, Section of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
- Chiara Gentile
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Affiliation Department of Pathophysiology, Experimental Medicine and Public Health, Laboratory of Molecular Epidemiology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
- Anke Hilbert
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Affiliation Novartis Vaccines, Marburg, Germany
- Volker Brauer
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Affiliation Novartis Vaccines, Marburg, Germany
- Sandrine Tilman
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Affiliation Novartis Vaccines, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Audino Podda
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Affiliation Novartis Vaccines, Siena, Italy
Competing Interests
Dr Angelika Banzhoff, Dr Anke Hilbert, Dr Volker Brauer, Sandrine Tilman and Dr Audino Podda are employees of Novartis Vaccines, the sponsor of the study. Dr Franco Laghi-Pasini has received a travel grant from Novartis Vaccines. No other potential conflicts of interest were declared by the authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AB RG ST AP. Analyzed the data: AB RG FLP TS PD EM PC PdG LS CG AH VB ST AP. Wrote the paper: AB RG FLP TS PD EM PC PdG LS CG AH VB ST AP.