About the Authors

Beatrice Divina Barda

beatrice.barda@gmail.com

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy

Laura Rinaldi

Affiliation Section of Veterinary Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

Davide Ianniello

Affiliation Section of Veterinary Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

Henry Zepherine

Affiliation Bukumbi Hospital, Mwanza, Tanzania

Fulvio Salvo

Affiliation Emerging Pathogens Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Tsetan Sadutshang

Affiliation Tibetan Delek Hospital, Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India

Giuseppe Cringoli

Affiliation Section of Veterinary Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

Massimo Clementi

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy

Marco Albonico

Affiliation Ivo de Carneri Foundation, Milan, Italy

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Mini-FLOTAC and FILL-FLOTAC were invented and patented by Prof. Giuseppe Cringoli, University of Naples Federico II, Italy.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BDB MA LR GC. Performed the experiments: BDB DI HZ. Analyzed the data: BDB LR MA DI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GC MC FS TS. Wrote the paper: BDB MA LR FS DI GC.