About the Authors

Giovanna Franciosa

giovanna.franciosa@iss.it

Affiliation Department of Food Safety and Veterinary Public Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Concetta Scalfaro

Affiliation Department of Food Safety and Veterinary Public Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Paola Di Bonito

Affiliation Department of Infectious, Parasytic and Immunomediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Marco Vitale

Affiliation Department of Food Safety and Veterinary Public Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Paolo Aureli

Affiliation Department of Food Safety and Veterinary Public Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GF PDB. Performed the experiments: GF CS MV. Analyzed the data: GF CS PDB. Wrote the paper: GF PDB PA.