About the Authors

Maria A. De Marco

mariaalessandra.demarco@iss.it

Affiliations Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy, Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Ozzano Emilia, Bologna, Italy

Stefano Porru

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Applied Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

Paolo Cordioli

Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna, Brescia, Italy

Bruno M. Cesana

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnologies, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

Ana Moreno

Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna, Brescia, Italy

Laura Calzoletti

Affiliation Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Lebana Bonfanti

Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Padua, Italy

Arianna Boni

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

Antonio Scotto Di Carlo

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Applied Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

Cecilia Arici

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Applied Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

Angela Carta

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Applied Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

Maria R. Castrucci

Affiliation Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Isabella Donatelli

Affiliation Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Paola Tomao

Affiliation Department of Occupational Medicine, Italian Workers' Compensation Authority-Research Area (INAIL), Monteporzio Catone, Rome, Italy

Vittoria M. Peri

Affiliation Department of Occupational Medicine, Italian Workers' Compensation Authority-Research Area (INAIL), Monteporzio Catone, Rome, Italy

Livia Di Trani

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

Nicoletta Vonesch

Affiliation Department of Occupational Medicine, Italian Workers' Compensation Authority-Research Area (INAIL), Monteporzio Catone, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Collected data and biological samples: CA AC ASDC. Conceived and designed the experiments: NV PT SP MADM LDT ID. Performed the experiments: MADM LDT PC AM LC AB. Analyzed the data: MADM SP BMC VMP ASDC LB MRC. Wrote the paper: MADM LDT NV PT SP VMP.