About the Authors

Fernanda Chiuso-Minicucci

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Biosciences Institute, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil

Larissa Lumi Watanabe Ishikawa

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Biosciences Institute, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil

Luiza Ayumi Nishiyama Mimura

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Biosciences Institute, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil

Thais Fernanda de Campos Fraga-Silva

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Biosciences Institute, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil

Thais Graziela Donegá França

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Biosciences Institute, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil

Sofia Fernanda Gonçalves Zorzella-Pezavento

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Biosciences Institute, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil

Camila Marques

Affiliation Laboratório de Citometria de Fluxo—Fundação Dr. Amaral Carvalho, Jaú, São Paulo, Brazil

Maura Rosane Valerio Ikoma

Affiliation Laboratório de Citometria de Fluxo—Fundação Dr. Amaral Carvalho, Jaú, São Paulo, Brazil

Alexandrina Sartori

sartori@ibb.unesp.br

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Biosciences Institute, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FCM AS. Performed the experiments: FCM SFGZP TGDF LLWI LANM TFCFS. Analyzed the data: FCM AS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CM MRVI. Wrote the paper: FCM AS.