1. Department Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
2. Department of Prevention, Sexual Health Center, ASL Città di Torino, Turin, Italy.
3. Laboratory of Microbiology and Virology, ASL Città di Torino, Turin, Italy.
4. Dermatology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
5. Molecular Virology, Pathology and Microbiology, IRCCS San Gallicano Dermatological Institute, Rome, Italy.
6. Regional Reference Center for Microbiological Emergencies (CRREM), Unit of Microbiology, St Orsola Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
7. Microbiology and Virology Laboratory, Molinette Hospital, Turin, Italy.
8. Department of Medical Science, Dermatology Clinic, “Città della Salute e della Scienza of Turin,” Turin, Italy.
9. Microbiology Unit, University Hospital of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
10. Medical Microbiology, Department of Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
11. Microbiology, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Perugia, Italy.
12. Clinical and Microbiological Analysis Laboratory, Marilab s.r.l., Rome, Italy.
13. Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Institute of Microbiology, University of Brescia-Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy.
14. Laboratory of Microbiology and Virology, Sandro Pertini Hospital, Rome, Italy.
15. Microbiology and Virology Laboratory, “Comprensorio Sanitario,” Bolzano, Italy.
16. Unit of Bacteriology, Department of “Medicina di Laboratorio," P. O. Sant'Anna, Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino,” Turin, Italy.
17. Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
18. Department Infectious Diseases, Castelli Hospital Verbania, Verbania, Italy.
19. Laboratory of Microbiology, “A. O. Umberto I Mauriziano di Torino,” Turin, Italy.
20. Epidemiology and Public Health Unit, ASL Pescara, Pescara, Italy.
21. Scientific Department, Army Medical Center, Rome, Italy.