About the Authors

Mario Tarabbo

Affiliation Inspectorate of Health, ITA Navy, Rome, Italy

Daniele Lapa

Affiliation Laboratory of Virology, National Institute for infectious Diseases “L. Spallanzani”, Rome, Italy

Concetta Castilletti

Affiliation Laboratory of Virology, National Institute for infectious Diseases “L. Spallanzani”, Rome, Italy

Pietro Tommaselli

Affiliation ITA Navy, Rome

Riccardo Guarducci

Affiliation Military Hospital, ITA Navy, Taranto, Italy

Giuditta Lucà

Affiliation Frigate “Scirocco”, ITA Navy, Italy

Alessandro Emanuele

Affiliation Military Hospital, ITA Navy, Taranto, Italy

Onofrio Zaccaria

Affiliation Medical Situation Awareness Office, ITA Defence General Staff, Rome, Italy

Vincenzo F. P. La Gioia

Affiliation Medical Situation Awareness Office, ITA Defence General Staff, Rome, Italy

Enrico Girardi

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, National Institute for Infectious Diseases “L. Spallanzani”, Rome, Italy

Maria R. Capobianchi

maria.capobianchi@inmi.it

Affiliation Laboratory of Virology, National Institute for infectious Diseases “L. Spallanzani”, Rome, Italy

Giuseppe Ippolito

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, National Institute for Infectious Diseases “L. Spallanzani”, Rome, Italy, Scientific Direction, National Institute for Infectious Diseases “L. Spallanzani”, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MT DL CC PT RG GL AE OZ VFPLG EG MRC GI. Performed the experiments: DL CC. Analyzed the data: DL CC EG MRC GI VFPLG MT OZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MT PT RG GL AE. Wrote the paper: MRC EG CC.