About the Authors
- Margarida Carrolo
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Contributed equally to this work with: Margarida Carrolo, Maria João Frias
Affiliation Instituto de Microbiologia, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- Maria João Frias
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Contributed equally to this work with: Margarida Carrolo, Maria João Frias
Affiliation Instituto de Microbiologia, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- Francisco Rodrigues Pinto
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Affiliation Centro de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, Lisboa, Portugal
- José Melo-Cristino
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Affiliation Instituto de Microbiologia, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- Mário Ramirez
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* E-mail: ramirez@fm.ul.pt
Affiliation Instituto de Microbiologia, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts. J.M.C. has received research grants administered through his university and has consulted and received honoraria for speaking from Pfizer, Bial, GlaxoSmithKline and Novartis. M.R. has consulted for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. The remaining authors have declared that no competing interests exist. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MC MJF FRP JM-C MR. Performed the experiments: MC MJF. Analyzed the data: MC MJF FRP MR. Wrote the paper: MC MJF FRP JM-C MR.