About the Authors

Donata De Marco

Contributed equally to this work with: Donata De Marco, Nicola Clementi, Nicasio Mancini

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology and Virology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy

Nicola Clementi

Contributed equally to this work with: Donata De Marco, Nicola Clementi, Nicasio Mancini

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology and Virology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy

Nicasio Mancini

Contributed equally to this work with: Donata De Marco, Nicola Clementi, Nicasio Mancini

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology and Virology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy

Laura Solforosi

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology and Virology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy

Guisella J. Moreno

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology and Virology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy

Xiangjie Sun

Affiliation Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Terrence M. Tumpey

Affiliation Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Larisa V. Gubareva

Affiliation Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Vasiliy Mishin

Affiliation Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Massimo Clementi

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology and Virology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy

Roberto Burioni

burioni.roberto@hsr.it

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology and Virology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DDM NC NM LS TMT VM LVG MC RB. Performed the experiments: DDM NC GJM XS VM. Analyzed the data: DDM NC NM LS GJM XS TMT VM LVG RB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TMT LVG MC RB. Wrote the paper: DDM NC NM LS TMT LVG MC RB.