About the Authors

Massimo D’Archivio

maxdar@iss.it

Affiliation Department Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety, Rome, Italy

Beatrice Scazzocchio

Affiliation Department Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety, Rome, Italy

Stefania Giammarioli

Affiliation Department Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety, Rome, Italy

Maria L. Fiani

Affiliation Department Hematology, Oncology and Molecular Medicine, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Rosaria Varì

Affiliation Department Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety, Rome, Italy

Carmela Santangelo

Affiliation Department Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety, Rome, Italy

Augusto Veneziani

Affiliation Catholic University “Sacro Cuore”, Rome, Italy

Annunziata Iacovelli

Affiliation Fabia Mater Hospital, Rome, Italy

Claudio Giovannini

Affiliation Department Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety, Rome, Italy

Sandra Gessani

Affiliation Department Hematology, Oncology and Molecular Medicine, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Roberta Masella

Affiliation Department Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MD RM S. Gessani. Performed the experiments: MD BS RV MLF S. Giammarioli CS. Analyzed the data: MD RM S. Gessani CG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CG AV AI. Wrote the manuscript: MD RM.