About the Authors

Mauro Tognon

Affiliation Sections of Pathology, Oncology and Experimental Biology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Alfredo Corallini

Affiliation Section of Microbiology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Marco Manfrini

Affiliation Sections of Pathology, Oncology and Experimental Biology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Angelo Taronna

Affiliation Section of Microbiology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Janet S. Butel

Affiliation Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Silvia Pietrobon

Affiliation Sections of Pathology, Oncology and Experimental Biology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Lorenzo Trevisiol

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Ilaria Bononi

Affiliation Sections of Pathology, Oncology and Experimental Biology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Emanuela Vaccher

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, IRCCS, National Cancer Institute, Aviano, Italy

Giuseppe Barbanti-Brodano

Affiliation Section of Microbiology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Fernanda Martini

elisa.mazzoni@unife.it (EM); mrf@unife.it (FM)

Affiliation Sections of Pathology, Oncology and Experimental Biology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Elisa Mazzoni

elisa.mazzoni@unife.it (EM); mrf@unife.it (FM)

Affiliation Sections of Pathology, Oncology and Experimental Biology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MT AC FM GBB. Performed the experiments: EM AT AC MT FM JSB EM. Analyzed the data: MT FM JSB EM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IB SP EV LT AT MM. Wrote the paper: MT JSB FM MM EM.