About the Authors
- Alessandra Rossi
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Affiliation Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
- Zuleika Michelini
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Affiliation Department of Therapeutic Research and Medicine Evaluation, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
- Pasqualina Leone
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Affiliation Department of Therapeutic Research and Medicine Evaluation, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
- Martina Borghi
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Affiliation Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
- Maria Blasi
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Current address: Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
- Roberta Bona
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Affiliation Department of Therapeutic Research and Medicine Evaluation, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
- Massimo Spada
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Affiliation Department of Hematology, Oncology and Molecular Medicine, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
- Felicia Grasso
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Affiliation Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
- Alessio Gugliotta
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Affiliation Department of Therapeutic Research and Medicine Evaluation, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
- Mary E. Klotman
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Andrea Cara
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* E-mail: donatella.negri@iss.it (DN); andrea.cara@iss.it (AC)
Affiliation Department of Therapeutic Research and Medicine Evaluation, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
- Donatella Negri
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* E-mail: donatella.negri@iss.it (DN); andrea.cara@iss.it (AC)
Affiliation Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AR AC DN. Performed the experiments: AR ZM PL M. Borghi M. Blasi RB MS FG AG. Analyzed the data: AR AC DN. Wrote the paper: AR MEK AC DN.