About the Authors

Álvaro Menin

andre.bafica@ufsc.br (AB); amenin@ccb.ufsc.br (ÁM)

Affiliation Laboratory of Immunobiology, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianóspolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Renata Fleith

Affiliation Laboratory of Immunobiology, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianóspolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Carolina Reck

Affiliation Laboratory of Histology and Immunohistochemistry, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Mariel Marlow

Affiliation Laboratory of Protozoology, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianóspolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Paula Fernandes

Affiliation Laboratory of Immunobiology, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianóspolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Célso Pilati

Affiliation Laboratory of Histology and Immunohistochemistry, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil

André Báfica

andre.bafica@ufsc.br (AB); amenin@ccb.ufsc.br (ÁM)

Affiliation Laboratory of Immunobiology, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianóspolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ÁM AB. Performed the experiments: ÁM RF CR PF. Analyzed the data: ÁM MM AB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ÁM CP AB. Wrote the paper: AB ÁM.