About the Authors

Sergio M. Villordo

‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Fundación Instituto Leloir-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Claudia V. Filomatori

‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Fundación Instituto Leloir-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Irma Sánchez-Vargas

Affiliation Arthropod-borne and Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Carol D. Blair

Affiliation Arthropod-borne and Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Andrea V. Gamarnik

agamarnik@leloir.org.ar

Affiliation Fundación Instituto Leloir-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AVG CVF SMV. Performed the experiments: SMV CVF ISV CDB. Analyzed the data: AVG CVF SMV. Wrote the paper: AVG CVF SMV.