About the Authors

Claudia Caglioti

Affiliation Laboratory of Virology, National Institute for Infectious Diseases “L. Spallanzani”, I.R.C.C.S., Rome, Italy

Marina Selleri

Affiliation Laboratory of Virology, National Institute for Infectious Diseases “L. Spallanzani”, I.R.C.C.S., Rome, Italy

Gabriella Rozera

Affiliation Laboratory of Virology, National Institute for Infectious Diseases “L. Spallanzani”, I.R.C.C.S., Rome, Italy

Emanuela Giombini

Affiliation Laboratory of Virology, National Institute for Infectious Diseases “L. Spallanzani”, I.R.C.C.S., Rome, Italy

Paola Zaccaro

Affiliation Laboratory of Virology, National Institute for Infectious Diseases “L. Spallanzani”, I.R.C.C.S., Rome, Italy

Maria Beatrice Valli

Affiliation Laboratory of Virology, National Institute for Infectious Diseases “L. Spallanzani”, I.R.C.C.S., Rome, Italy

Maria Rosaria Capobianchi

maria.capobianchi@inmi.it

Affiliation Laboratory of Virology, National Institute for Infectious Diseases “L. Spallanzani”, I.R.C.C.S., Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MRC MS GR EG MBV CC. Performed the experiments: GR CC. Analyzed the data: MS EG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PZ. Wrote the paper: CC MS GR MRC.