About the Authors
- Alessia Possenti
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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
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Affiliation Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiologia de Salamanca, IRNASA-CSIC, Salamanca, Spain
- Carlos Sánchez-Ovejero
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Affiliation Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiologia de Salamanca, IRNASA-CSIC, Salamanca, Spain
- Belgees Boufana
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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
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Affiliation Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Public health and Infectious Diseases, Rome, Italy
- Mar Siles-Lucas
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Affiliation Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiologia de Salamanca, IRNASA-CSIC, Salamanca, Spain
- Adriano Casulli
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* E-mail: 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.