About the Authors

Iana Parvanova

Current address: Division of Molecular Pathobiology, Department of Clinical Research and VPH, Vetsuisse Faculty Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Affiliation Unidade de Malária, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Sabrina Epiphanio

Affiliation Unidade de Malária, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Abdul Fauq

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine, Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America

Todd E. Golde

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine, Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America

Miguel Prudêncio

Affiliations Unidade de Malária, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal

Maria M. Mota

mmota@fm.ul.pt

Affiliations Unidade de Malária, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IP MMM. Performed the experiments: IP SE MP. Analyzed the data: IP SE MP MMM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AF TG. Wrote the paper: IP MP MMM.