About the Authors
- Camila Malta Romano
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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
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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
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Affiliation Training and Reference Center DST/AIDS, Control Diseases Center, Secretary of Health of São Paulo State, São Paulo, Brazil
- Fernando Lucas de Melo
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Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Evolution and Bioinformatics, Department of Microbiology, Biomedical Sciences Institute – ICBII, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- Atila Iamarino
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Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Evolution and Bioinformatics, Department of Microbiology, Biomedical Sciences Institute – ICBII, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- Marco Motoki
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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
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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
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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
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* E-mail: 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
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¶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.