About the Authors

Kledoaldo Lima

kledoaldo@gmail.com

Affiliation Postgraduate at Department of Tropical Medicine, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Élcio de Souza Leal

Affiliation Institute of Biotechnology, Federal University of Pará, Belém, Pará, Brazil

Ana Maria Salustiano Cavalcanti

Affiliation Sector of Virology, Central Public Health Laboratory of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Daniela Medeiros Salustiano

Affiliation Sector of Virology, Central Public Health Laboratory of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Luzidalva Barbosa de Medeiros

Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Sirleide Pereira da Silva

Affiliation Sector of Virology, Central Public Health Laboratory of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Heloísa Ramos Lacerda

Affiliation Postgraduate at Department of Tropical Medicine, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KL ESL HRL. Performed the experiments: KL DMS AMSC SPS LBM. Analyzed the data: KL ESL AMSC HRL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AMSC LBM HRL. Wrote the paper: KL ESL HRL.