About the Authors

Rogerio Coutinho das Neves

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, Parasitology and Pathology, Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil

Monalisa Martins Trentini

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, Parasitology and Pathology, Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil

Juliana de Castro e Silva

Affiliation Laboratório de Toxinologia. Campus Darcy Ribeiro, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, University of Brasilia, Brasília, Brazil

Karina Smidt Simon

Affiliation Depto Biologia Celular. Instituto de Biologia. Laboratório de Imunologia Aplicada, University of Brasilia, Brasília, Brazil

Anamelia Lorenzetti Bocca

Affiliation Depto Biologia Celular. Instituto de Biologia. Laboratório de Imunologia Aplicada, University of Brasilia, Brasília, Brazil

Luciano Paulino Silva

Affiliation Laboratório de Toxinologia. Campus Darcy Ribeiro, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, University of Brasilia, Brasília, Brazil

Marcia Renata Mortari

Affiliation Laboratório de Toxinologia. Campus Darcy Ribeiro, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, University of Brasilia, Brasília, Brazil

Andre Kipnis

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, Parasitology and Pathology, Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil

Ana Paula Junqueira-Kipnis

ana_kipnis@ufg.br

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, Parasitology and Pathology, Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AK APJK. Performed the experiments: RCN MMT KSS JCS. Analyzed the data: JCS LPS ALB MRM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: APJK. Wrote the paper: RCN MMT LPS ALB MRM AK APJK.