About the Authors

Angela Sena

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Nanobiotechnology Laboratory, Institute of Genetics and Biochemistry, Federal University of Uberlandia, Uberlandia, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Irina Grishina

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Anne Thai

Affiliation UCDHS: Division of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Larissa Goulart

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Monica Macal

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Anne Fenton

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Jay Li

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Thomas Prindiville

Affiliation UCDHS: Division of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Sonia Maria Oliani

Affiliation Department of Biology, Sao Paulo State University, UNESP, Sao José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil

Satya Dandekar

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Luiz Goulart

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Nanobiotechnology Laboratory, Institute of Genetics and Biochemistry, Federal University of Uberlandia, Uberlandia, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Sumathi Sankaran-Walters

ssankara@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SSW Luiz Goulart SD SMO TP. Performed the experiments: AS IG Larissa Goulart MM AT JL. Analyzed the data: SSW AT IG AS MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SSW SD Luiz Goulart. Wrote the manuscript: AS SSW IG AT.