About the Authors

Leandro C. D. Breda

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Ching-Lin Hsieh

Affiliation Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Mónica M. Castiblanco Valencia

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Ludmila B. da Silva

Affiliation Laboratory of Bacteriology, Institute Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil

Angela S. Barbosa

Affiliation Laboratory of Bacteriology, Institute Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil

Anna M. Blom

Affiliation Department of Translational Medicine, Division of Medical Protein Chemistry, Lund University, Malmo, Sweden

Chang Yung-Fu

Affiliation Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Lourdes Isaac

louisaac@icb.usp.br

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LCDB CLH CYF ASB LI. Performed the experiments: LCDB CLH. Analyzed the data: LCDB MMCV CLH AMB ASB CYF LI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LCDB CLH LBdS AMB ASB CYF LI. Wrote the paper: LCDB LI.