About the Authors

João Luiz Mendes Wanderley

Affiliations Experimental Medicine Division, National Cancer Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Morphological Sciences Program, Biomedical Sciences Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Lucia Helena Pinto da Silva

Affiliations Experimental Medicine Division, National Cancer Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Department of Microbiology and Veterinary Immunology, Veterinary Institute, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Poliana Deolindo

Affiliations Experimental Medicine Division, National Cancer Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Lynn Soong

Affiliation Departments of Microbiology and Immunology and of Pathology, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Valéria Matos Borges

Affiliation Gonçalo Muniz Research Center, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Deboraci Brito Prates

Affiliation Gonçalo Muniz Research Center, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Ana Paula Almeida de Souza

Affiliation Gonçalo Muniz Research Center, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Aldina Barral

Affiliation Gonçalo Muniz Research Center, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

José Mario de Freitas Balanco

Affiliation Parasitology Department, Biomedical Sciences Institute, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Michelle Tanny Cunha do Nascimento

Affiliation Immunology Department, Microbiology Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Elvira Maria Saraiva

Affiliation Immunology Department, Microbiology Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Marcello André Barcinski

barcinsk@icb.usp.br

Affiliations Experimental Medicine Division, National Cancer Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Parasitology Department, Biomedical Sciences Institute, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JLMW JMdFB MAB. Performed the experiments: JLMW LHPdS PD VMB DP APdS JMdFB MTCN. Analyzed the data: JLMW LHPdS PD LS DP APdS JMdFB MTCN EMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LS VMB AB EMS MAB. Wrote the paper: JLMW MAB.