About the Authors

Nelson Naranjo-Díaz

Affiliation Grupo de Microbiología Molecular, Escuela de Microbiología, Universidad de Antioquia UdeA, Medellín, Colombia

Mariano Altamiranda

Affiliation Grupo de Microbiología Molecular, Escuela de Microbiología, Universidad de Antioquia UdeA, Medellín, Colombia

Shirley Luckhart

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

Jan E. Conn

Affiliation Griffin Laboratory, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Singerlands, New York, United States of America; Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, State University of New York, Albany, New York, United States of America

Margarita M. Correa

margaritcorrea@gmail.com

Affiliation Grupo de Microbiología Molecular, Escuela de Microbiología, Universidad de Antioquia UdeA, Medellín, Colombia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SL JEC MMC NND. Performed the experiments: NND MA. Analyzed the data: NND MMC. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: NND MMC SL JEC. Revised and approved final manuscript: NND MA SL JEC MMC.