About the Authors

Carla Palma

c.palma@iss.it

Affiliation Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Silvia Vendetti

Affiliation Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Antonio Cassone

Affiliation Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CP. Performed the experiments: CP SV. Analyzed the data: CP SV AC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CP AC. Wrote the paper: CP AC.