About the Authors

Monique da Rocha Queiroz Lima

Affiliation Flavivirus Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute/FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rita Maria Ribeiro Nogueira

Affiliation Flavivirus Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute/FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Hermann Gonçalves Schatzmayr

Affiliation Flavivirus Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute/FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Flavia Barreto dos Santos

flaviab@ioc.fiocruz.br

Affiliation Flavivirus Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute/FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RMRN HGS FBdS. Performed the experiments: MdRQL. Analyzed the data: MdRQL. Wrote the paper: MdRQL FBdS.