About the Authors

Radames J. B. Cordero

rcorder4@jhu.edu

Current address: Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States of America

Affiliation Instituto de Bioquímica Médica (IBqM) Leopoldo de Meis, CCS, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 21941902, Brasil

Carlos M. de León-Rodriguez

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, 10461, United States of America

John K. Alvarado-Torres

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Ana R. Rodriguez

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, 08854, United States of America

Arturo Casadevall

Current address: Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, 10461, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RJBC. Performed the experiments: CMLR JKAT ARR RJBC AC. Analyzed the data: RJBC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ARR. Wrote the paper: RJBC AC.