About the Authors

Francesco G. De Rosa

Contributed equally to this work with: Francesco G. De Rosa, Silvia Corcione

francescogiuseppe.derosa@unito.it

Affiliation Department of Medical Sciences, Infectious Diseases at Amedeo di Savoia Hospital, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Silvia Corcione

Contributed equally to this work with: Francesco G. De Rosa, Silvia Corcione

Affiliation Department of Medical Sciences, Infectious Diseases at Amedeo di Savoia Hospital, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Claudia Filippini

Affiliation Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, City of Health and Sciences, Molinette Hospital, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Stefania Raviolo

Affiliation Department of Medical Sciences, Infectious Diseases at Amedeo di Savoia Hospital, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Lucina Fossati

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Pediatric Sciences, Laboratory of Microbiology and Virology, City of Health and Sciences, Molinette, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Chiara Montrucchio

Affiliation Department of Medical Sciences, Infectious Diseases at Amedeo di Savoia Hospital, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Chiara Aldieri

Affiliation Department of Medical Sciences, Infectious Diseases at Amedeo di Savoia Hospital, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Alessia Petrolo

Affiliation Department of Medical Sciences, Infectious Diseases at Amedeo di Savoia Hospital, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Rossana Cavallo

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Pediatric Sciences, Laboratory of Microbiology and Virology, City of Health and Sciences, Molinette, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Giovanni Di Perri

Affiliation Department of Medical Sciences, Infectious Diseases at Amedeo di Savoia Hospital, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FDR SC CF. Performed the experiments: SC SR CM CA AP. Analyzed the data: SC CF FDR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LF RC. Wrote the paper: FDR SC GDP CF.