About the Authors

E. Yaneth Osorio

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Laboratório Interdisciplinar de Pesquisas Médicas (LIPMED), Instituto Oswaldo Cruz-FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Bruno L. Travi

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Alda M. da Cruz

Affiliation Laboratório Interdisciplinar de Pesquisas Médicas (LIPMED), Instituto Oswaldo Cruz-FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Omar A. Saldarriaga

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Audrie A. Medina

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Peter C. Melby

pcmelby@utmb.edu

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Center for Tropical Diseases, and Institute for Human Infection and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Pathology, and Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EYO BLT OAS PCM. Performed the experiments: EYO BLT OAS. Analyzed the data: EYO BLT OAS AAM AMdC PCM. Wrote the paper: EYO BLT OAS AAM AMdC PCM.