About the Authors

Michal Gazi

Contributed equally to this work with: Michal Gazi, Erika Caro-Gomez

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Erika Caro-Gomez

Contributed equally to this work with: Michal Gazi, Erika Caro-Gomez

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Yenny Goez

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Maria A. Cespedes

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Marylin Hidalgo

Affiliation Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Microbiología, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia

Paula Correa

Affiliation Grupo de Inmunomodulación, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia

Gustavo Valbuena

gvalbuen@utmb.edu

Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, Center for Tropical Diseases, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Institute for Translational Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MG ECG GV. Performed the experiments: MG ECG YG MAC MH PC. Analyzed the data: MG ECG YG MAC MH PC GV. Wrote the paper: MG ECG YG MAC MH PC GV.