About the Authors

Franz J. Conraths

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

franz.conraths@fli.de

Affiliation Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Institute of Epidemiology, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany

Carolina Probst

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Institute of Epidemiology, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany

Alessia Possenti

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Rome, Italy, European Union Reference Laboratory for Parasites (EURLP), ISS, Rome, Italy

Belgees Boufana

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Rome, Italy, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for the epidemiology, detection and control of cystic and alveolar echinococcosis (in humans and animals), ISS, Rome, Italy

Rosella Saulle

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Rome, Italy

Giuseppe La Torre

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Rome, Italy

Luca Busani

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Food Safety and Veterinary Public Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Rome, Italy

Adriano Casulli

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Rome, Italy, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for the epidemiology, detection and control of cystic and alveolar echinococcosis (in humans and animals), ISS, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.