About the Authors

Tatiane Fernanda Sylvestre

thaty_sylvestre@hotmail.com

Affiliation Tropical Diseases Department - Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu – Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil

Luciane Regina Franciscone Silva

Affiliation Mycoses Immunodiagnostic Laboratory, Immunology Section, Adolfo Lutz Institute, São Paulo, Brazil

Ricardo de Souza Cavalcante

Affiliation Tropical Diseases Department - Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu – Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil

Daniela Vanessa Moris

Affiliation Universidade do Oeste Paulista – UNOESTE, Presidente Prudente, São Paulo, Brazil

James Venturini

Affiliation Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, Department of Biological Science, Faculty of Science, São Paulo State University – UNESP, São Paulo, Brazil

Adriana Pardini Vicentini

Affiliation Mycoses Immunodiagnostic Laboratory, Immunology Section, Adolfo Lutz Institute, São Paulo, Brazil

Lídia Raquel de Carvalho

Affiliation Instituto de Biociências de Botucatu – UNESP, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil

Rinaldo Poncio Mendes

Affiliation Tropical Diseases Department - Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu – Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TFS RPM. Performed the experiments: TFS APV LRFS JV DVM. Analyzed the data: TFS RPM LRdC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TFS RPM APV. Wrote the paper: TFS RPM. Clinical aspects: RPM RdSC.