About the Authors

Judith M. Fontana

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America

Paul J. Christos

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America

Zuleika Michelini

Affiliation Department of Therapeutic Research and Medicines Evaluation, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Donatella Negri

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

Andrea Cara

Affiliation Department of Therapeutic Research and Medicines Evaluation, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Mirella Salvatore

mis2053@med.cornell.edu

Affiliations Department of Public Health, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMF ZM DN AC MS. Performed the experiments: JMF ZM MS. Analyzed the data: PJC JMF MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PJC ZM DN AC. Wrote the paper: JMF MS.