About the Authors

Yara C. Blanco

Affiliations Department of Microbiology & Immunology, State University of Campinas – UNICAMP, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, Department of Parasitology, UNICAMP, State University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Alessandro S. Farias

Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology, State University of Campinas – UNICAMP, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Uta Goelnitz

Affiliation Department of Parasitology – ICB, University of São Paulo – USP, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Stefanie C. P. Lopes

Affiliations Department of Microbiology & Immunology, State University of Campinas – UNICAMP, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, Department of Parasitology, UNICAMP, State University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Wagner W. Arrais-Silva

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, UNICAMP, State University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Bruna O. Carvalho

Affiliations Department of Microbiology & Immunology, State University of Campinas – UNICAMP, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, Department of Parasitology, UNICAMP, State University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Rogério Amino

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Federal University of São Paulo – UNIFESP, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Gerhard Wunderlich

Affiliation Department of Parasitology – ICB, University of São Paulo – USP, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Leonilda M. B. Santos

Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology, State University of Campinas – UNICAMP, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Selma Giorgio

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, UNICAMP, State University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Fabio T. M. Costa

costaftm@unicamp.br

Affiliations Department of Microbiology & Immunology, State University of Campinas – UNICAMP, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, Department of Parasitology, UNICAMP, State University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YCB UG WWAS FTMC. Performed the experiments: YCB ASF UG SCPL BOC. Analyzed the data: YCB ASF UG SCPL WWAS RA GW LMBS SG FTMC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RA GW LMBS SG FTMC. Wrote the paper: FTMC.