About the Authors
- Mariel Asbury Marlow
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
- Marise da Silva Mattos
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Affiliation Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Maria Ernestina Makowiecky
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Affiliation Department of Zoonoses, Diretoria de Vigilância Epidemiológica, Secretaria Estadual de Saúde de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
- Iriane Eger
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Affiliation Center for Health Sciences, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí, Itajaí, Brazil
- Andre Luiz Rossetto
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Affiliation Center for Health Sciences, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí, Itajaí, Brazil
- Edmundo Carlos Grisard
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
- Mário Steindel
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* E-mail: mario.steindel@ufsc.br
Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MAM MM ECG MS. Performed the experiments: MAM IE AR. Analyzed the data: MAM MEM MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS ECG. Wrote the paper: MAM MM ECG MS.