About the Authors

Michael Waisberg

waisberg@gmail.com (MW); ivofrancischetti@gmail.com, ifrancischetti@niaid.nih.gov (IMBF)

Affiliations Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Pathology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Alvaro Molina-Cruz

Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Daniella M. Mizurini

Affiliation Instituto de Bioquimica Médica, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Nidhi Gera

Affiliation Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Beatriz C. Sousa

Affiliation Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e Naturais, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba, Brazil

Dongying Ma

Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Ana C. Leal

Affiliation Instituto de Bioquimica Médica, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Tainá Gomes

Affiliation Instituto de Bioquimica Médica, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Michalis Kotsyfakis

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, České Budjovice, Czech Republic

José M. C. Ribeiro

Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Jan Lukszo

Affiliation Research Technology Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Karine Reiter

Affiliation Research Technology Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Stephen F. Porcella

Affiliation Genomics Unit, Research Technology Section, Rocky Mountain Labs, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Carlo J. Oliveira

Affiliation Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e Naturais, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba, Brazil

Robson Q. Monteiro

Affiliation Instituto de Bioquimica Médica, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Carolina Barillas-Mury

Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Susan K. Pierce

Affiliation Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Ivo M. B. Francischetti

waisberg@gmail.com (MW); ivofrancischetti@gmail.com, ifrancischetti@niaid.nih.gov (IMBF)

Current address: Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, New York, United States of America

Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MW AMC DMM NG BCS DM ACL TG MK JMCR JL KR SFP CJO RQM CBM SKP IMBF. Performed the experiments: MW AMC DMM NG BCS DM ACL TG MK JMCR JL KR CJO RQM IMBF. Analyzed the data: MW AMC DMM NG BCS DM ACL TG MK JMCR JL KR SFP CJO RQM CBM SKP IMBF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MW AMC DMM NG BCS DM ACL TG MK JMCR JL KR SFP CJO RQM CBM SKP IMBF. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MW IMBF.