About the Authors

Anna S. Nishiya

a_nishiya@hotmail.com

Affiliations Fundação Pró-Sangue/Hemocentro de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Infectious Diseases Division (DIPA), Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Cesar de Almeida-Neto

Affiliations Fundação Pró-Sangue/Hemocentro de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Discipline of Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Suzete C. Ferreira

Affiliations Fundação Pró-Sangue/Hemocentro de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Infectious Diseases Division (DIPA), Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Cecília S. Alencar

Affiliations Infectious Diseases Division (DIPA), Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, LIM 03 Lab. Medice Laboratory, Department of Pathology, HCFMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil

Claudia Di-Lorenzo-Oliveira

Affiliation University of São João del-Rei, Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil

José E. Levi

Affiliation Fundação Pró-Sangue/Hemocentro de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Nanci A. Salles

Affiliation Fundação Pró-Sangue/Hemocentro de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Alfredo Mendrone Jr.

Affiliation Fundação Pró-Sangue/Hemocentro de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Ester C. Sabino

Affiliations Infectious Diseases Division (DIPA), Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Department of Infectious Disease, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ASN CdAN NAS AM ECS. Performed the experiments: ASN SCF CSA. Analyzed the data: ASN CdAN CDLO JEL ECS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CDLO NAS AM ECS. Wrote the paper: ASN CdAN JEL ECS.