About the Authors

Lisa Conza

lisaconza@gmail.com

Affiliation Swiss National Reference Centre for Legionella, Cantonal Institute of Microbiology, Bellinzona, Switzerland

Simona Casati Pagani

Affiliation Swiss National Reference Centre for Legionella, Cantonal Institute of Microbiology, Bellinzona, Switzerland

Valeria Gaia

Affiliation Swiss National Reference Centre for Legionella, Cantonal Institute of Microbiology, Bellinzona, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LC SCP VG. Performed the experiments: LC. Analyzed the data: LC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LC SCP. Wrote the paper: LC SCP VG.