About the Authors

Francesca Tamarozzi

francesca.tamarozzi@sacrocuore.it

Affiliation Department of Infectious-Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS (Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico) Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, Verona, Italy

Veronica A. Fittipaldo

Affiliation Department of Infectious-Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS (Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico) Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, Verona, Italy

Hans Martin Orth

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Duesseldorf University Hospital, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany

Joachim Richter

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany

Dora Buonfrate

Affiliation Department of Infectious-Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS (Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico) Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, Verona, Italy

Niccolò Riccardi

Affiliation Department of Infectious-Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS (Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico) Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, Verona, Italy

Federico G. Gobbi

Affiliation Department of Infectious-Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS (Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico) Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, Verona, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.