About the Authors

Ana Paula Ribeiro Bonilauri Ferreira

Affiliations Univille, Joinville, Brazil, Research on Research group, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Rodrigo Fernando Ferreira

Affiliation Univille, Joinville, Brazil

Dimple Rajgor

Affiliations Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore, Singapore, Research on Research group, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Jatin Shah

Affiliations Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore, Singapore, Research on Research group, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Andrea Menezes

Affiliation Hospital Angelina Caron, Curitiba, Brazil

Ricardo Pietrobon

rpietro@duke.edu

Affiliations Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore, Singapore, Duke University Health System, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Research on Research group, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: APBF RFF DR JS AM RP. Performed the experiments: APBF RFF DR JS AM RP. Analyzed the data: APBF RFF DR JS AM RP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: APBF RFF DR JS AM RP. Wrote the paper: APBF RFF DR JS AM RP.