About the Authors

Anderson Messias Rodrigues

amrodrigues.amr@gmail.com (AMR); zpcamargo1@gmail.com (ZPdC)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Discipline of Cellular Biology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Geisa Ferreira Fernandes

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Discipline of Cellular Biology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Leticia Mendes Araujo

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Discipline of Cellular Biology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Paula Portella Della Terra

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Discipline of Cellular Biology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Priscila Oliveira dos Santos

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Discipline of Cellular Biology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Sandro Antonio Pereira

Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (INI/Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Tânia Maria Pacheco Schubach

Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (INI/Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Eva Burger

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Biomedical Sciences Institute, Federal University of Alfenas, Alfenas, Brazil

Leila Maria Lopes-Bezerra

Affiliation Instituto de Biologia (IBRAG), Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Zoilo Pires de Camargo

amrodrigues.amr@gmail.com (AMR); zpcamargo1@gmail.com (ZPdC)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Discipline of Cellular Biology, Federal 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: AMR GFF ZPdC. Performed the experiments: AMR LMA POdS PPDT. Analyzed the data: AMR GFF ZPdC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AMR GFF ZPdC TMPS SAP. Wrote the paper: AMR GFF SAP TMPS EB LMLB ZPdC.