About the Authors

Mariana Kluge

Affiliation Virology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Institute of Basic Health Sciences, UFRGS (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Fabrício Souza Campos

Affiliation Virology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Institute of Basic Health Sciences, UFRGS (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Maurício Tavares

Affiliation CECLIMAR (Center for Coastal, Limnology and Marine Studies), UFRGS (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul), Imbé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Derek Blaese de Amorim

Affiliation CECLIMAR (Center for Coastal, Limnology and Marine Studies), UFRGS (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul), Imbé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Fernanda Pedone Valdez

Affiliation Genomic and Molecular Biology Laboratory, PUCRS (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Adriana Giongo

Affiliation IPR (Institute of Petroleum and Natural Resources), PUCRS (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Paulo Michel Roehe

Affiliation Virology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Institute of Basic Health Sciences, UFRGS (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Ana Claudia Franco

anafranco.ufrgs@gmail.com

Affiliation Virology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Institute of Basic Health Sciences, UFRGS (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MK ACF FSC AG. Performed the experiments: MK FPV. Analyzed the data: MK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AG MT DBA ACF PMR. Wrote the paper: MK ACF PMR FSC.