About the Authors

Bruno Scarpelini

Affiliation Federal University of Sao Paulo, Department of Medicine, Sao Paulo—SP, Brazil

Michelle Zanoni

Affiliation Federal University of Sao Paulo, Department of Medicine, Sao Paulo—SP, Brazil

Maria Cecilia Araripe Sucupira

Affiliation Federal University of Sao Paulo, Department of Medicine, Sao Paulo—SP, Brazil

Hong-Ha M. Truong

Affiliation University of California at San Francisco, Department of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Luiz Mario Ramos Janini

Affiliations Federal University of Sao Paulo, Department of Medicine, Sao Paulo—SP, Brazil, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Department of Microbiology, Sao Paulo—SP, Brazil

Ismael Dale Cotrin Segurado

Affiliation Federal University of Sao Paulo, Department of Medicine, Sao Paulo—SP, Brazil

Ricardo Sobhie Diaz

rsdiaz@catg.com.br

Affiliation Federal University of Sao Paulo, Department of Medicine, Sao Paulo—SP, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BS LMRJ IDCS RSD. Performed the experiments: BS MZ. Analyzed the data: BS MZ MCAS IDCS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IDCS RSD. Wrote the paper: MCAS HHMT LMRJ IDCS RSD.