About the Authors

Joana Morais Afonso

mmorgado@ioc.fiocruz.br (MGM); jmafonso.7@gmail.com (JMA)

Affiliations Laboratorio de AIDS & Imunologia Molecular, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Agostinho Neto, Luanda, Angola

Gonzalo Bello

Affiliation Laboratorio de AIDS & Imunologia Molecular, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Monick L. Guimarães

Affiliation Laboratorio de AIDS & Imunologia Molecular, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Marta Sojka

Affiliation São Lucas Medical Center, Kifangondo, Angola

Mariza G. Morgado

mmorgado@ioc.fiocruz.br (MGM); jmafonso.7@gmail.com (JMA)

Affiliation Laboratorio de AIDS & Imunologia Molecular, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMA GB MLG MGM. Performed the experiments: JMA GB MLG MS MGM. Analyzed the data: JMA GB MLG MS MGM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMA GB MLG MS MGM. Wrote the paper: JMA GB MGM MLG.