About the Authors

Flávio V. Loures

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil

Marc Röhm

Affiliation Umeå Centre for Microbial Research, Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Department of Clinical Microbiology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Chrono K. Lee

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Evelyn Santos

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jennifer P. Wang

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Charles A. Specht

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Vera L. G. Calich

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil

Constantin F. Urban

Affiliation Umeå Centre for Microbial Research, Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Department of Clinical Microbiology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Stuart M. Levitz

Stuart.Levitz@umassmed.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FVL MR JPW CAS CFU SML. Performed the experiments: FVL MR CKL ES CAS. Analyzed the data: FVL MR ES JPW CAS VLGC CFU SML. Wrote the paper: FVL MR JPW CAS VLGC CFU SML.