About the Authors

Marise Pinheiro Nunes

mnunes@ioc.fiocruz.br (MPN); morrot@micro.ufrj.br (AM)

Affiliation Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Bárbara Fortes

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

João Luiz Silva-Filho

Affiliation Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Eugênia Terra-Granado

Affiliation National Cancer Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Leonardo Santos

Affiliation Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Luciana Conde

Affiliation Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Isadora de Araújo Oliveira

Affiliation Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Leonardo Freire-de-Lima

Affiliation Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Marina Vieira Martins

Affiliation Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Ana Acacia Sá Pinheiro

Affiliation Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Christina Maeda Takyia

Affiliation Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Célio Geraldo Freire-de-Lima

Affiliation Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Adriane Regina Todeschini

Affiliation Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

George Alexandre DosReis

Affiliation Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Alexandre Morrot

mnunes@ioc.fiocruz.br (MPN); morrot@micro.ufrj.br (AM)

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MPN AM. Performed the experiments: MPN BF JLSF ETG LS LC IDAO LFDL MVM CMT. Analyzed the data: MPN ETG AASP CMT ART GAD AM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MPN AASP CMT CGFDL ART GAD AM. Wrote the paper: AM.