About the Authors

Gianguglielmo Zehender

gianguglielmo.zehender@unimi.it

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences “Luigi Sacco”, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Milan, Milano, Italy

Erika Ebranati

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences “Luigi Sacco”, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Milan, Milano, Italy

Elena Gabanelli

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences “Luigi Sacco”, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Milan, Milano, Italy

Renata Shkjezi

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences “Luigi Sacco”, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Milan, Milano, Italy

Alessia Lai

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences “Luigi Sacco”, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Milan, Milano, Italy

Chiara Sorrentino

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences “Luigi Sacco”, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Milan, Milano, Italy

Alessandra Lo Presti

Affiliation Epidemiology Unit, Department of Infectious Parasitic and Immunomediate Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy

Mimoza Basho

Affiliation Department for Control and Prevention of Infectious Diseases, Public Health Institute, Tirana, Albania

Raffaele Bruno

Affiliation Division of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, IRCCS San Matteo Hospital, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Elisabetta Tanzi

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Microbiology and Virology, University of Milan, Milano, Italy

Silvia Bino

Affiliation Control of Infectious Diseases Department, National Institute of Health, Tirana, Albania

Massimo Ciccozzi

Affiliation Epidemiology Unit, Department of Infectious Parasitic and Immunomediate Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy

Massimo Galli

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences “Luigi Sacco”, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Milan, Milano, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GZ EE AL MC. Performed the experiments: EG RS. Analyzed the data: GZ EG RS CS ALP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GZ RB ET SB MB. Wrote the paper: GZ EE AL MC MG.