About the Authors

Camila Malta Romano

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Evolution and Bioinformatics, Department of Microbiology, Biomedical Sciences Institute – ICBII, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Isabel M. V. Guedes de Carvalho-Mello

Affiliations Viral Immunology Laboratory, Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil, Laboratory of Tropical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Leda F. Jamal

Affiliation Training and Reference Center DST/AIDS, Control Diseases Center, Secretary of Health of São Paulo State, São Paulo, Brazil

Fernando Lucas de Melo

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Evolution and Bioinformatics, Department of Microbiology, Biomedical Sciences Institute – ICBII, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Atila Iamarino

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Evolution and Bioinformatics, Department of Microbiology, Biomedical Sciences Institute – ICBII, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Marco Motoki

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Evolution and Bioinformatics, Department of Microbiology, Biomedical Sciences Institute – ICBII, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

João Renato Rebello Pinho

Affiliation Laboratory of Tropical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Edward C. Holmes

Affiliations Mueller Laboratory, Department of Biology, Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Paolo Marinho de Andrade Zanotto

pzanotto@usp.br

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Evolution and Bioinformatics, Department of Microbiology, Biomedical Sciences Institute – ICBII, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

the VGDN Consortium

Membership of the VGDN Consortium is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IMVGdCM LFJ JRRP PMdAZ. Performed the experiments: IMVGdCM LFJ MM JRRP PMdAZ VC. Analyzed the data: CMR FLdM AI MM ECH PMdAZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IMVGdCM LFJ AI MM JRRP PMdAZ. Wrote the paper: CMR FLdM AI ECH PMdAZ.