About the Authors

Alessia Possenti

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

Raúl Manzano-Román

Affiliation Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiologia de Salamanca, IRNASA-CSIC, Salamanca, Spain

Carlos Sánchez-Ovejero

Affiliation Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiologia de Salamanca, IRNASA-CSIC, Salamanca, Spain

Belgees Boufana

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

Giuseppe La Torre

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

Mar Siles-Lucas

Affiliation Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiologia de Salamanca, IRNASA-CSIC, Salamanca, Spain

Adriano Casulli

adriano.casulli@iss.it

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

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AC. Performed the experiments: AP CSO RMR MSL. Analyzed the data: AC AP GLT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AP GLT. Wrote the paper: AC RMR AP BB. Contributed to the manuscript and approved the final version: AC AP CSO RMR MSL GLT BB.