About the Authors

Maria S. Andrade

Contributed equally to this work with: Maria S. Andrade, Orin Courtenay

Affiliations Department of Immunology, Aggeu Magalhães Research Center-Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Orin Courtenay

Contributed equally to this work with: Maria S. Andrade, Orin Courtenay

Affiliation Warwick Infectious Disease Epidemiology Research (WIDER) and School of Life Sciences, University Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Maria E. F. Brito

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Aggeu Magalhães Research Center-Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Francisco G. Carvalho

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Aggeu Magalhães Research Center-Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Ana Waléria S. Carvalho

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Aggeu Magalhães Research Center-Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Fábia Soares

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Aggeu Magalhães Research Center-Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Silvia M. Carvalho

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Aggeu Magalhães Research Center-Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Pietra L. Costa

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Aggeu Magalhães Research Center-Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Ricardo Zampieri

Affiliation Biosiences Institute, São Paulo University, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Lucile M. Floeter-Winter

Affiliation Biosiences Institute, São Paulo University, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Jeffrey J. Shaw

jayusp@hotmail.com (JJS); sinval@cpqam.fiocruz.br SPBF

‡ JJS and SPBF also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Biomedical Institute, São Paulo University, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Sinval P. Brandão-Filho

jayusp@hotmail.com (JJS); sinval@cpqam.fiocruz.br SPBF

‡ JJS and SPBF also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Aggeu Magalhães Research Center-Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MSA OC JJS SPBF. Performed the experiments: MSA MEFB FGC AWSC SMC RZ FS. Analyzed the data: MSA OC LMFW JJS SPBF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FGC AWSC FS PLC RZ LMFW. Wrote the paper: MSA OC JJS SPBF. Obtained the permission in ethical comittee for animal use: MEFB SPBF.