About the Authors

Esther Merlini

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, Clinic of Infectious Diseases, “San Paolo” Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Francesca Bai

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, Clinic of Infectious Diseases, “San Paolo” Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Giusi Maria Bellistrì

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, Clinic of Infectious Diseases, “San Paolo” Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Camilla Tincati

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, Clinic of Infectious Diseases, “San Paolo” Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Antonella d'Arminio Monforte

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, Clinic of Infectious Diseases, “San Paolo” Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Giulia Marchetti

giulia.marchetti@unimi.it

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, Clinic of Infectious Diseases, “San Paolo” Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EM GM. Performed the experiments: EM GMB. Analyzed the data: EM FB AdM CT GM. Wrote the paper: EM GM.