About the Authors

Rafael Luis Kessler

Affiliation Instituto Carlos Chagas, FIOCRUZ, Curitiba, PR, Brazil

Maurilio José Soares

Affiliation Instituto Carlos Chagas, FIOCRUZ, Curitiba, PR, Brazil

Christian Macagnan Probst

Affiliation Instituto Carlos Chagas, FIOCRUZ, Curitiba, PR, Brazil

Marco Aurélio Krieger

mkrieger@fiocruz.br

Affiliation Instituto Carlos Chagas, FIOCRUZ, Curitiba, PR, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RLK MJS CMP. Performed the experiments: RLK MJS. Analyzed the data: RLK MJS CMP MAK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJS CMP MAK. Wrote the paper: RLK CMP.