About the Authors
- Leonardo Potenza
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Contributed equally to this work with: Leonardo Potenza, Daniela Vallerini, Patrizia Barozzi, Giovanni Riva, Fabio Forghieri
Affiliation Section of Hematology, Department of Surgical and Medical Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Azienda Ospedaliera Policlinico, Modena, Italy
- Daniela Vallerini
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Contributed equally to this work with: Leonardo Potenza, Daniela Vallerini, Patrizia Barozzi, Giovanni Riva, Fabio Forghieri
Affiliation Section of Hematology, Department of Surgical and Medical Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Azienda Ospedaliera Policlinico, Modena, Italy
- Patrizia Barozzi
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Contributed equally to this work with: Leonardo Potenza, Daniela Vallerini, Patrizia Barozzi, Giovanni Riva, Fabio Forghieri
Affiliation Section of Hematology, Department of Surgical and Medical Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Azienda Ospedaliera Policlinico, Modena, Italy
- Giovanni Riva
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Contributed equally to this work with: Leonardo Potenza, Daniela Vallerini, Patrizia Barozzi, Giovanni Riva, Fabio Forghieri
Affiliation Section of Hematology, Department of Surgical and Medical Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Azienda Ospedaliera Policlinico, Modena, Italy
- Fabio Forghieri
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Contributed equally to this work with: Leonardo Potenza, Daniela Vallerini, Patrizia Barozzi, Giovanni Riva, Fabio Forghieri
Affiliation Section of Hematology, Department of Surgical and Medical Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Azienda Ospedaliera Policlinico, Modena, Italy
- Anne Beauvais
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Affiliation Unitè des Aspergillus, Pasteur Institut, Paris, France
- Remi Beau
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Affiliation Unitè des Aspergillus, Pasteur Institut, Paris, France
- Anna Candoni
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Affiliation Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Udine, Italy
- Johan Maertens
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Affiliation Department of Hematology, Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
- Giulio Rossi
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Affiliation Section of Histopathology, IRCCS/Arcispedale S.Maria Nuova Reggio, Emilia, Italy
- Monica Morselli
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Affiliation Section of Hematology, Department of Surgical and Medical Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Azienda Ospedaliera Policlinico, Modena, Italy
- Eleonora Zanetti
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Affiliation Section of Hematology, Department of Surgical and Medical Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Azienda Ospedaliera Policlinico, Modena, Italy
- Chiara Quadrelli
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Affiliation Section of Hematology, Department of Surgical and Medical Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Azienda Ospedaliera Policlinico, Modena, Italy
- Mauro Codeluppi
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Affiliation Infectious Diseases Clinics, Department of Surgical and Medical Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Azienda Ospedaliera Policlinico, Modena, Italy
- Giovanni Guaraldi
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Affiliation Infectious Diseases Clinics, Department of Surgical and Medical Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Azienda Ospedaliera Policlinico, Modena, Italy
- Livio Pagano
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Affiliation Department of Hematology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
- Morena Caira
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Affiliation Department of Hematology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
- Cinzia Del Giovane
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Affiliation Section of Hematology, Department of Surgical and Medical Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Azienda Ospedaliera Policlinico, Modena, Italy
- Monica Maccaferri
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Affiliation Section of Hematology, Department of Surgical and Medical Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Azienda Ospedaliera Policlinico, Modena, Italy
- Alessandro Stefani
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Affiliation Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgical and Medical Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Azienda Ospedaliera Policlinico, Modena, Italy
- Uliano Morandi
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Affiliation Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgical and Medical Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Azienda Ospedaliera Policlinico, Modena, Italy
- Giovanni Tazzioli
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Affiliation Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgical and Medical Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Azienda Ospedaliera Policlinico, Modena, Italy
- Massimo Girardis
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Affiliation Division of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Azienda Ospedaliera Policlinico, Modena, Italy
- Mario Delia
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Affiliation Hematology Department, DAP, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
- Giorgina Specchia
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Affiliation Hematology Department, DAP, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
- Giuseppe Longo
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Affiliation Section of Hematology, Department of Surgical and Medical Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Azienda Ospedaliera Policlinico, Modena, Italy
- Roberto Marasca
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Affiliation Section of Hematology, Department of Surgical and Medical Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Azienda Ospedaliera Policlinico, Modena, Italy
- Franco Narni
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Affiliation Section of Hematology, Department of Surgical and Medical Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Azienda Ospedaliera Policlinico, Modena, Italy
- Francesco Merli
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Affiliation Division of Hematology, IRCCS/Arcispedale S.Maria Nuova Reggio, Emilia, Italy
- Annalisa Imovilli
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Affiliation Division of Hematology, IRCCS/Arcispedale S.Maria Nuova Reggio, Emilia, Italy
- Giovanni Apolone
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Affiliation Division of Hematology, IRCCS/Arcispedale S.Maria Nuova Reggio, Emilia, Italy
- Agostinho Carvalho
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Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
- Patrizia Comoli
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Affiliation Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Transplantation, IRCCS S. Matteo Hospital, Pavia, Italy
- Luigina Romani
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Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
- Jean Paul Latgè
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Affiliation Unitè des Aspergillus, Pasteur Institut, Paris, France
- Mario Luppi
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* E-mail: leonardo.potenza@unimore.it
Affiliation Section of Hematology, Department of Surgical and Medical Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Azienda Ospedaliera Policlinico, Modena, Italy
Competing Interests
M. Luppi serves in Advisory Boards for Merck Sharp & Dohme and Gilead Sciences, and received honoraria from these two pharmaceutical industries and from Pfizer and Nanogen. L. Potenza serves in an Advisory Board for Merck Sharp & Dohme. M. Luppi, L. Potenza and P. Barozzi have applied for a European patent regarding clinical applications of the ELISpot assay for the diagnosis of Aspergillus infection [PCT: WO2008/075395A3, EP2094295, IT2007/000867]. M. Luppi, L. Potenza, D. Vallerini, P. Barozzi and F. Forghieri have applied for an Italian patent regarding clinical applications of the ELISpot assay for the diagnosis of Mucorales infection (number MI2010A002224). This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. All the other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: L. Potenza ML. Performed the experiments: DV PB G. Riva G. Rossi AB RB EZ CQ. Analyzed the data: CDG GA A. Carvalho LR JPL. Wrote the paper: L. Potenza ML. Provided well-characterized patient samples: FF A. Candoni JM M. Morselli M. Codeluppi GG L. Pagano M. Caira M. Maccaferri MG MD GS GL RM FM AI FN PC AS UM GT. Critically revised the manuscript: FF A. Candoni JM M. Morselli M. Codeluppi GG L. Pagano M. Caira M. Maccaferri MG MD GS GL RM FM AI FN PC AS UM GT.