About the Authors

Matthew E. Falagas

m.falagas@aibs.gr

Affiliations Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), Athens, Greece, Department of Internal Medicine-Infectious Diseases, Mitera Hospital, Hygeia Group, Athens, Greece, Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Drosos E. Karageorgopoulos

Affiliation Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), Athens, Greece

John Leptidis

Affiliation Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), Athens, Greece

Ioanna P. Korbila

Affiliations Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), Athens, Greece, Department of Internal Medicine-Infectious Diseases, Mitera Hospital, Hygeia Group, Athens, Greece

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MEF DEK. Performed the experiments: IPK JL. Analyzed the data: IPK JL DEK MEF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IPK JL DEK MEF. Wrote the paper: IPK DEK JL MEF.