About the Authors

Larissa M. Bandeira

Affiliation Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Silvia N. O. Uehara

Affiliation Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Marcel A. Asato

Affiliation Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Gabriela S. Aguena

Affiliation Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Cristiane M. Maedo

Affiliation Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Nikolas H. Benites

Affiliation Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Marco A. M. Puga

Affiliation Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Grazielli R. Rezende

Affiliation Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Carolina M. Finotti

Affiliation Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Gabriela A. Cesar

Affiliation Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Tayana S. O. Tanaka

Affiliation Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Vivianne O. L. Castro

Affiliation Central Public Health Laboratory, LACEN/MS, Camp Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Koko Otsuki

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Genetics of Microorganisms and Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Ana C. P. Vicente

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Genetics of Microorganisms and Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Carlos E. Fernandes

Affiliation Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Ana R. C. Motta-Castro

Affiliations Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LMB SNOU MAA GSA CMM NHB ARCMC. Performed the experiments: LMB MAMP GRR CMF GAC TSOT VOLC KO ACPV ARCMC. Analyzed the data: LMB SNOU KO ACPV CEF ARCMC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LMB SNOU ACPV CEF ARCMC. Wrote the paper: LMB SNOU MAMP GRR KO ACPV ARCMC.