About the Authors
- Stefan Schilling
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* E-mail: stefan.schilling@kgu.de
Affiliation Department for Internal Medicine, Staedtische Kliniken Moenchengladbach, Moenchengladbach, Germany
- Francesco Maria Fusco
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Affiliation Department for Infectious Diseases, National Institute for Infectious Diseases “Lazarro Spallanzani”, Rome, Italy
- Giuseppina De Iaco
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Affiliation Department for Internal Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliero, Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti delle Marche, Torrette, Italy
- Barbara Bannister
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Affiliation Department for Infectious Diseases, The Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom
- Helena C. Maltezou
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Affiliation Department for Interventions in Health-Care Facilities, Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Athens, Greece
- Gail Carson
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Affiliation Department of Rare and Imported Pathogens, Health Protection Agency, Porton, United Kingdom
- Rene Gottschalk
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Affiliation Department for Infectious Diseases, Port Health Authorities, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Hans-Reinhard Brodt
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Affiliation Department for Infectious Diseases, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Philippe Brouqui
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Affiliation Department for Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Marseilles University, Marseille, France
- Vincenzo Puro
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Affiliation Department for Infectious Diseases, National Institute for Infectious Diseases “Lazarro Spallanzani”, Rome, Italy
- Giuseppe Ippolito
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Affiliation Department for Infectious Diseases, National Institute for Infectious Diseases “Lazarro Spallanzani”, Rome, Italy
- for the European Network for Highly Infectious Diseases project members
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SS FMF. Performed the experiments: SS FMF. Analyzed the data: SS FMF GDI. Wrote the paper: SS FMF. Reviewing of the questionnaire design and content: SS FMF GDI BB HM GC RG HRB PB VP GI. Data interpretation: SS FMF GDI BB HM GC RG HRB PB VP GI. Final approval of the manuscript: SS FMF GDI BB HM GC RG HRB PB VP GI.