About the Authors

Antonella Minutolo

Contributed equally to this work with: Antonella Minutolo, Beatrice Conti

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Oncology, Francesco Balsano Foundation, ex A. Cesalpino Foundation, Rome, Italy

Beatrice Conti

Contributed equally to this work with: Antonella Minutolo, Beatrice Conti

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Oncology, Francesco Balsano Foundation, ex A. Cesalpino Foundation, Rome, Italy

Sandro Grelli

Affiliation U.O.C. Clinical Microbiology, Tor Vergata Hospital, Rome, Italy

Carmela Viscomi

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Oncology, Francesco Balsano Foundation, ex A. Cesalpino Foundation, Rome, Italy

Giancarlo Labbadia

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Medical Therapy, “Sapienza” University of Rome - Umberto I Hospital, Rome, Italy

Clara Balsano

clara.balsano@cnr.it

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Oncology, Francesco Balsano Foundation, ex A. Cesalpino Foundation, Rome, Italy, Institute of Biology and Molecular Pathology (IBPM) – CNR (National Research Council), Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AM BC CB. Performed the experiments: AM BC CV. Analyzed the data: AM BC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SG GL. Wrote the paper: AM BC CB.