About the Authors

Valerio Iebba

valerio.iebba@uniroma1.it

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, ‘Sapienza’ University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Floriana Santangelo

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, ‘Sapienza’ University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Valentina Totino

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, ‘Sapienza’ University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Mauro Nicoletti

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Chieti ‘G. D’Annunzio’, Chieti, Italy

Antonella Gagliardi

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, ‘Sapienza’ University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Riccardo Valerio De Biase

Affiliation Regional Cystic Fibrosis Centre, ‘Sapienza’ University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Salvatore Cucchiara

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Infant Neuropsychiatry, ‘Sapienza’ University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Lucia Nencioni

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, ‘Sapienza’ University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Maria Pia Conte

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, ‘Sapienza’ University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Serena Schippa

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, ‘Sapienza’ University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VI SS. Performed the experiments: VI FS AG. Analyzed the data: VI SS LN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VI VT MN RDB LN. Wrote the paper: VI SC MPC SS.