About the Authors

Emanuela Locci

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Paola Scano

Affiliation Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Maria Francesca Rosa

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Clinical and Molecular Medicine – Forensic Science Unit –University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Matteo Nioi

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Clinical and Molecular Medicine – Forensic Science Unit –University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Antonio Noto

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Luigi Atzori

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Roberto Demontis

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Clinical and Molecular Medicine – Forensic Science Unit –University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Fabio De-Giorgio

Affiliation Institute of Public Health, Catholic University, Rome, Italy

Ernesto d'Aloja

ernestodaloja@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Clinical and Molecular Medicine – Forensic Science Unit –University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EdA. Performed the experiments: EL MFR MN AN. Analyzed the data: EL PS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EdA PS LA FDG RD. Wrote the paper: EL PS MFR AN EdA.