About the Authors

Isabel Mendizabal

Affiliation Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-UPF), CEXS-UPF-PRBB, Barcelona, Spain

Cristina Valente

Affiliations Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology, University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Alfredo Gusmão

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology, University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal

Cíntia Alves

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology, University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal

Verónica Gomes

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology, University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal

Ana Goios

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology, University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal

Walther Parson

Affiliation Institute of Legal Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

Francesc Calafell

Affiliations Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-UPF), CEXS-UPF-PRBB, Barcelona, Spain, CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain

Luis Alvarez

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology, University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal

António Amorim

Affiliations Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology, University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Leonor Gusmão

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology, University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal

David Comas

Contributed equally to this work with: David Comas, Maria João Prata

david.comas@upf.edu

Affiliations Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-UPF), CEXS-UPF-PRBB, Barcelona, Spain, CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain

Maria João Prata

Contributed equally to this work with: David Comas, Maria João Prata

Affiliations Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology, University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LG AA MJP DC. Performed the experiments: IM CV A. Gusmão CA VG A. Goios LA. Analyzed the data: IM CV FC WP MJP DC. Wrote the paper: IIM MJP DC.