About the Authors

Lourdes Arruvito

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, Genetics and Metabolism (INIGEM), Clinical Hospital, University of Buenos Aires, National Council for Scientific and Technological Research, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Juan Sabatté

Contributed equally to this work with: Juan Sabatté, Julieta Pandolfi

Affiliation Institute for Biomedical Research on Retroviruses and AIDS, Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Julieta Pandolfi

Contributed equally to this work with: Juan Sabatté, Julieta Pandolfi

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, Genetics and Metabolism (INIGEM), Clinical Hospital, University of Buenos Aires, National Council for Scientific and Technological Research, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Plácida Baz

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, Genetics and Metabolism (INIGEM), Clinical Hospital, University of Buenos Aires, National Council for Scientific and Technological Research, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Luis A. Billordo

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, Genetics and Metabolism (INIGEM), Clinical Hospital, University of Buenos Aires, National Council for Scientific and Technological Research, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Maria B. Lasala

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Clinical Hospital, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Horacio Salomón

Affiliation Institute for Biomedical Research on Retroviruses and AIDS, Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Jorge Geffner

Affiliation Institute for Biomedical Research on Retroviruses and AIDS, Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Leonardo Fainboim

lfainboim@hospitaldeclinicas.uba.ar

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, Genetics and Metabolism (INIGEM), Clinical Hospital, University of Buenos Aires, National Council for Scientific and Technological Research, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LA LF. Performed the experiments: LA JS JP PB LAB. Analyzed the data: LA LF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LA JS JP PB LAB HS MBL JG. Wrote the paper: LA JG LF.