About the Authors

Fatema A. Legrand

Affiliation Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Douglas F. Nixon

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: douglas.nixon@ucsf.edu

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

Christopher P. Loo

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

Erika Ono

Affiliation Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Joan M. Chapman

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

Maristela Miyamoto

Affiliation Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Ricardo S. Diaz

Affiliation Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Amélia M.N. Santos

Affiliation Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Regina C.M. Succi

Affiliation Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Jacob Abadi

Affiliation Jacobi Medical Center, Albert Einstein School of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Michael G. Rosenberg

Affiliation Jacobi Medical Center, Albert Einstein School of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Maria Isabel de Moraes-Pinto

Affiliation Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Esper G. Kallas

Affiliation Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DN EK JC FL CL RS MR Md. Performed the experiments: JC FL CL EO MM RD AS. Analyzed the data: DN EK JC FL CL EO MM RD AS RS Md. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EK FL RS JA MR Md. Wrote the paper: DN EK JC FL CL EO MM RD AS RS JA MR Md.