About the Authors

Alda Maria Soares Silveira

Affiliations Research Laboratory of Immunology, Faculty of the Health Sciences, Universidade Vale do Rio Doce (UNIVALE), Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Basic Department of Health Area, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora/Campus Governador Valadares (UFJF/GV),Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Emanuele Gama Dutra Costa

Affiliation Research Laboratory of Immunology, Faculty of the Health Sciences, Universidade Vale do Rio Doce (UNIVALE), Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Debalina Ray

Affiliation Center for Discovery and Innovation in Parasitic Diseases and the Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Brian M. Suzuki

Current address: Center for Discovery and Innovation in Parasitic Diseases, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Affiliation Center for Discovery and Innovation in Parasitic Diseases and the Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Michael H. Hsieh

Affiliations Biomedical Research Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America, Children’s National Health System, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Lucia Alves de Oliveira Fraga

luciaalves.fraga@ufjf.edu.br; luciaalvesfraga@yahoo.com.br

Affiliation Basic Department of Health Area, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora/Campus Governador Valadares (UFJF/GV),Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Conor R. Caffrey

Current address: Center for Discovery and Innovation in Parasitic Diseases, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Affiliation Center for Discovery and Innovation in Parasitic Diseases and the Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AMSS EGDC LAdOF CRC. Performed the experiments: AMSS DR BMS CRC. Analyzed the data: AMSS EGDC LAdOF CRC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AMSS EGDC LAdOF. Wrote the paper: AMSS EGDC LAdOF MHH CRC.