About the Authors

Mauro Ferreira de Azevedo

Affiliations Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil, The Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Paul R. Gilson

Affiliations The Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Heloisa B. Gabriel

Affiliation Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil

Roseli F. Simões

Affiliation Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil

Fiona Angrisano

Affiliations The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Jacob Baum

Affiliations The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Brendan S. Crabb

Affiliations The Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Gerhard Wunderlich

gwunder@usp.br

Affiliation Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MFA PRG GW. Performed the experiments: MFA HBG RFS FA. Analyzed the data: MFA PRG JB GW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PRG FA JB BSC. Wrote the paper: MFA PRG GW.