About the Authors

Francesca Scolari

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Ludvik M. Gomulski

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

José M. C. Ribeiro

Affiliation Section of Vector Biology, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Paolo Siciliano

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Alice Meraldi

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Marco Falchetto

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Angelica Bonomi

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Mosè Manni

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Paolo Gabrieli

Current address: Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, University of Perugia, Terni, Italy

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Alberto Malovini

Affiliations IRCCS, Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri, Pavia, Italy, Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori (IUSS), Pavia, Italy, Department of Industrial and Information Engineering, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Riccardo Bellazzi

Affiliation Department of Industrial and Information Engineering, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Serap Aksoy

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Giuliano Gasperi

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Anna R. Malacrida

malacrid@unipv.it

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FS LMG JMCR ARM. Performed the experiments: FS LMG PS A. Meraldi MF AB MM PG. Analyzed the data: FS LMG JMCR ARM A. Malovini RB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMCR. Wrote the paper: FS LMG SA GG ARM.