About the Authors

Bruno Trentini

Affiliation School of Medicine, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Mário Steindel

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Mariel A. Marlow

mmarlow@berkeley.edu

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BT MS MM. Performed the experiments: BT MS MM. Analyzed the data: BT MS MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BT MS MM. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: BT MS MM.