About the Authors

Mariana Gatto

marianagatto11@hotmail.com

Affiliation Tropical Diseases Department, Botucatu School of Medicine—UNESP, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil

Mariana Miziara de Abreu

Affiliation Tropical Diseases Department, Botucatu School of Medicine—UNESP, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil

Karen Ingrid Tasca

Affiliation Tropical Diseases Department, Botucatu School of Medicine—UNESP, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil

Marjorie de Assis Golim

Affiliation Flow Cytometry Laboratory, Hemocenter, Botucatu School of Medicine—UNESP, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil

Laura Denise Mendes da Silva

Affiliation Tropical Diseases Department, Botucatu School of Medicine—UNESP, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil

José Cláudio Simão

Affiliation Ward of Infectious Diseases, State Hospital of Bauru, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil

Carlos Magno Castelo Branco Fortaleza

Affiliation Tropical Diseases Department, Botucatu School of Medicine—UNESP, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil

Ângela Maria Victoriano de Campos Soares

Affiliation Microbiology and Immunology Department, Biosciences Institute—UNESP, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil

Sueli Aparecida Calvi

Affiliation Tropical Diseases Department, Botucatu School of Medicine—UNESP, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MG CMCBF SAC. Performed the experiments: MG MMA KIT MAG LDMS JCS. Analyzed the data: MG MAG CMCBF AMVCS SAC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAG JCS CMCBF SAC. Wrote the paper: MG MMA KIT MAG AMVCS SAC.