About the Authors

Milton Maciel Jr.

Current address: ETEC Vaccine Program, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology & Molecular Sciences, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Fábia da Silva Pereira Cruz

Affiliation Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Aggeu Magalhães Research Centre, Department of Virology, Laboratório de Virologia e Terapia Experimental (LAVITE), Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), University City, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Marli Tenório Cordeiro

Affiliations Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Aggeu Magalhães Research Centre, Department of Virology, Laboratório de Virologia e Terapia Experimental (LAVITE), Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), University City, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, Health Secretariat of the State of Pernambuco, Central Public Health Laboratory-LACEN, Boa Vista, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Márcia Archer da Motta

Affiliation Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Bio-Manguinhos, Laboratório de Tecnologia Virológica (LATEV), Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Klécia Marília Soares de Melo Cassemiro

Affiliation Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Aggeu Magalhães Research Centre, Department of Virology, Laboratório de Virologia e Terapia Experimental (LAVITE), Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), University City, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Rita de Cássia Carvalho Maia

Affiliation Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Dois Irmãos, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Regina Célia Bressan Queiroz de Figueiredo

Affiliation Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Aggeu Magalhães Research Centre, Department of Virology, Laboratório de Virologia e Terapia Experimental (LAVITE), Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), University City, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Ricardo Galler

Affiliation Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Bio-Manguinhos, Laboratório de Tecnologia Virológica (LATEV), Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Marcos da Silva Freire

Affiliation Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Bio-Manguinhos, Laboratório de Tecnologia Virológica (LATEV), Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Joseph Thomas August

Affiliation Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology & Molecular Sciences, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Ernesto T. A. Marques

emarques@cpqam.fiocruz.br, marques@pitt.edu

Affiliations Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology & Molecular Sciences, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Aggeu Magalhães Research Centre, Department of Virology, Laboratório de Virologia e Terapia Experimental (LAVITE), Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), University City, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, University of Pittsburgh, Center for Vaccine Research, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Rafael Dhalia

Affiliation Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Aggeu Magalhães Research Centre, Department of Virology, Laboratório de Virologia e Terapia Experimental (LAVITE), Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), University City, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MM RG ETAM RD. Performed the experiments: MM FdSPC MTC MAdM RdCCM RFCB RD RCBQdF. Analyzed the data: MM MTC MAdM JTA ETAM RD RCBQdF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RG MdSF JTA ETAM. Wrote the paper: MM KMSdMC JTA ETAM RD.