Serological and molecular detection of Bartonella henselae in specimens from patients with suspected cat scratch disease in Italy: A comparative study

• Valeria Allizond ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Valeria Allizond, Cristina Costa

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Microbiology section, Department of Public Health and Pediatrics, University of Torino, Turin, Italy

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• Cristina Costa ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Valeria Allizond, Cristina Costa

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Microbiology and Virology Unit, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy

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• Francesca Sidoti,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology

  Affiliation Microbiology and Virology Unit, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy

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• Sara Scutera,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Microbiology section, Department of Public Health and Pediatrics, University of Torino, Turin, Italy

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• Gabriele Bianco,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Microbiology and Virology Unit, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy

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• Rosaria Sparti,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  Affiliation Microbiology section, Department of Public Health and Pediatrics, University of Torino, Turin, Italy

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• Giuliana Banche ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: giuliana.banche@unito.it

  Affiliation Microbiology section, Department of Public Health and Pediatrics, University of Torino, Turin, Italy

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2219-0223

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• Paola Dalmasso,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Statistics section, Department of Public Health and Pediatrics, University of Torino, Turin, Italy

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• Anna Maria Cuffini,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Microbiology section, Department of Public Health and Pediatrics, University of Torino, Turin, Italy

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• Rossana Cavallo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

  Affiliation Microbiology and Virology Unit, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy

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• Tiziana Musso

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Microbiology section, Department of Public Health and Pediatrics, University of Torino, Turin, Italy

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