About the Authors
- Giustino Parruti
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Contributed equally to this work with: Giustino Parruti, Francesco Vadini
* E-mail: parruti@tin.it
Affiliation Unit of Infectious Diseases, Pescara General Hospital, Pescara, Italy
- Francesco Vadini
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Contributed equally to this work with: Giustino Parruti, Francesco Vadini
Affiliation Unit of Infectious Diseases, Pescara General Hospital, Pescara, Italy
- Federica Sozio
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Affiliation Unit of Infectious Diseases, Pescara General Hospital, Pescara, Italy
- Elena Mazzott
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Affiliation Unit of Infectious Diseases, Pescara General Hospital, Pescara, Italy
- Tamara Ursini
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Affiliation Unit of Infectious Diseases, Pescara General Hospital, Pescara, Italy
- Ennio Polill
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Affiliation Unit of Infectious Diseases, Pescara General Hospital, Pescara, Italy
- Paola Di Stefano
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Affiliation Unit of Infectious Diseases, Pescara General Hospital, Pescara, Italy
- Monica Tontodonati
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Affiliation Unit of Infectious Diseases, Pescara General Hospital, Pescara, Italy
- Maria C. Verrocchio
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Affiliation Clinical Psychology Division, University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy
- Mario Fulcheri
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Affiliation Clinical Psychology Division, University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy
- Giulio Calella
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Affiliation Unit of Infectious Diseases, Pescara General Hospital, Pescara, Italy
- Francesca Santilli
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Affiliation Department of Medicine and Aging, University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy
- Lamberto Manzoli
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Affiliation Section of Hygiene, Epidemiology, Pharmacology and Legal Medicine, University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy
Competing Interests
Lamberto Manzoli is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.The other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GP FV F. Santilli LM. Performed the experiments: GP FV F. Sozio EM TU MT GC EP F. Santilli PDS MCV. Analyzed the data: GP FV F. Santilli F. Sozio MF GC LM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GP FV EP LM. Wrote the paper: GP FV EM TU MT GC EP F. Santilli MF LM.