About the Authors

Clara B. Ocampo

Affiliation Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas (CIDEIM), Cali, Colombia

Paola A. Caicedo

Affiliation Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas (CIDEIM), Cali, Colombia

Gloria Jaramillo

Affiliation Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas (CIDEIM), Cali, Colombia

Raul Ursic Bedoya

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Olga Baron

Affiliations Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas (CIDEIM), Cali, Colombia, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France

Idalba M. Serrato

Affiliation Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas (CIDEIM), Cali, Colombia

Dawn M. Cooper

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Carl Lowenberger

clowenbe@sfu.ca

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Competing Interests

Dr. Raul Ursic Bedoya is employed by a commercial company, Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation. Dr. Ursic Bedoya conducted the work when working in Dr. Carl Lowenberger's laboratory. There is no interest of Tekmira in this research. Dr. Ursic Bedoya's participation in the paper does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CBO CL OB DMC RUB PAC. Performed the experiments: PAC GJ IMS CL RUB. Analyzed the data: CL GJ PAC RUB CBO DMC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CL CBO. Wrote the paper: CL GJ IMS PAC CBO OB.