About the Authors
- Angelo Taronna
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Affiliation Section of Microbiology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
- Elisa Mazzoni
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Affiliation Section of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
- Alfredo Corallini
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Affiliation Section of Microbiology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
- Ilaria Bononi
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Affiliation Section of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
- Silvia Pietrobon
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Affiliation Section of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
- Giovanni Guerra
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Affiliation Clinical Laboratory Analysis, Ferrara City Hospital, Ferrara, Italy
- Caterina Palmonari
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Affiliation Clinical Laboratory Analysis, County Hospital Delta, Lagosanto, Italy
- Caterina Borgna-Pignatti
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Affiliation Section of Pediatrics, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
- Manola Comar
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Affiliation Institute for Maternal and Child Health – Istituto di Ricerca e Cura a Carattere Scientifico “Burlo Garofolo”– Trieste, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
- Massimo Bovenzi
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Affiliation Clinical Unit of Occupational Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
- Ferruccio Casali
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Affiliation Clinical Laboratory Analysis, San Marino State Hospital, Borgo Maggiore, Republic of San Marino
- Roberto Marci
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Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Genecology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
- Giovanni Rezza
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Affiliation Departement of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
- Giuseppe Barbanti-Brodano
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Affiliation Section of Microbiology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
- Mauro Tognon
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Contributed equally to this work with: Mauro Tognon, Fernanda Martini
* E-mail: mrf@unife.it (FM); tgm@unife.it (MT)
Affiliation Section of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
- Fernanda Martini
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Contributed equally to this work with: Mauro Tognon, Fernanda Martini
* E-mail: mrf@unife.it (FM); tgm@unife.it (MT)
Affiliation Section of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AC GBB GR MT FM. Performed the experiments: AT EM AC IB SP FM. Analyzed the data: AT EM AC GG CP CB MC MB FC RM GR GBB MT FM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GG CP MC CB MB FC RM GR. Wrote the paper: EM AC GR GBB FM MT.