About the Authors

Patrícia G. M. Bezerra

Affiliations Instituto de Medicina Integral Professor Fernando Figueira (IMIP), Recife, Brazil, Faculdade Pernambucana de Saúde, Recife, Brazil

Murilo C. A. Britto

Affiliations Instituto de Medicina Integral Professor Fernando Figueira (IMIP), Recife, Brazil, Faculdade Pernambucana de Saúde, Recife, Brazil

Jailson B. Correia

Affiliations Instituto de Medicina Integral Professor Fernando Figueira (IMIP), Recife, Brazil, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil

Maria do Carmo M. B. Duarte

Affiliation Instituto de Medicina Integral Professor Fernando Figueira (IMIP), Recife, Brazil

Angela M. Fonceca

Affiliation Department of Child Health, University of Liverpool, Institute of Child Health, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Katie Rose

Affiliation Department of Child Health, University of Liverpool, Institute of Child Health, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Mark J. Hopkins

Affiliation Liverpool Specialist Virology Centre, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Luis E. Cuevas

Affiliation Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Paul S. McNamara

mcnamp@liv.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Child Health, University of Liverpool, Institute of Child Health, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PGMB MdCMBD JBC LEC MCAB PSM. Performed the experiments: PGMB MdCMBD AMF KR MJH. Analyzed the data: MB JBC PGMB MdCMBD MCAB KR PSM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJH PSM. Wrote the paper: AMF KR LEC PSM.