About the Authors

Alexandre A. Sasaki

Affiliation Discipline of Cellular Biology, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Geisa F. Fernandes

Affiliation Discipline of Cellular Biology, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Anderson M. Rodrigues

Affiliation Discipline of Cellular Biology, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Fábio M. Lima

Affiliation Discipline of Parasitology, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Marjorie M. Marini

Affiliation Discipline of Parasitology, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Luciano dos S. Feitosa

Affiliation Biomedical Engineering Center, Camilo Castelo Branco University, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Marcus de Melo Teixeira

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, Biological Sciences Institute, University of Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

Maria Sueli Soares Felipe

Affiliations Department of Cell Biology, Biological Sciences Institute, University of Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil, Genomic Sciences and Biotechnology, Catholic University of Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

José Franco da Silveira

Affiliation Discipline of Parasitology, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Zoilo P. de Camargo

zpcamargo@unifesp.br

Affiliation Discipline of Cellular Biology, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AAS LdSF ZPdC. Performed the experiments: AAS. Analyzed the data: AAS GFF AMR FML MM JFdS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MdMT MSF ZPdC. Wrote the paper: AAS JFdS FML MM ZPdC.