About the Authors

Sabri Saeed Sanabani

Contributed equally to this work with: Sabri Saeed Sanabani, Rodrigo Pessôa

sabyem_63@yahoo.com

Affiliations Clinical and Research Laboratory (LIM 03), School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Virology Laboratory (LIM 52-HCFMUSP), Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Rodrigo Pessôa

Contributed equally to this work with: Sabri Saeed Sanabani, Rodrigo Pessôa

Affiliation Virology Laboratory (LIM 52-HCFMUSP), Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Ana Carolina Soares de Oliveira

Affiliation Virology Laboratory (LIM 52-HCFMUSP), Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Vanessa Pouza Martinez

Affiliation Virology Laboratory (LIM 52-HCFMUSP), Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Maria Teresa Maidana Giret

Affiliation Two Story Lab, Miller School of Medicine, University of Florida, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Regina Célia de Menezes Succi

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Paulista School of Medicine, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Karina Carvalho

Affiliation Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Claudia Satiko Tomiyama

Affiliation Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Douglas F. Nixon

Affiliation Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Ester Cerdeira Sabino

Affiliation Virology Laboratory (LIM 52-HCFMUSP), Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Esper Georges Kallas

Affiliation Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Attending physician for sample collection: RCMS. Conceived and designed the experiments: SSS RP. Performed the experiments: SSS RP ACSO VPM. Analyzed the data: SSS RP ACSO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MTMG KC CST DFN ECS EGK. Wrote the paper: SSS.