About the Authors

Alcina F. Nicol

nicol@ioc.fiocruz.br

Affiliation Laboratory Interdisciplinary of Medical Research, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

José R. Lapa e Silva

Affiliation Laboratório Multidisciplinar, Clementino Fraga Filho University Hospital, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Cynthia B. Cunha

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease, Evandro Chagas Clinical Research Institute, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Sergio M. Amaro-Filho

Affiliation Laboratory Interdisciplinary of Medical Research, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Nathalia Oliveira

Affiliation Laboratory Interdisciplinary of Medical Research, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Beatriz Grinsztejn

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease, Evandro Chagas Clinical Research Institute, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Ruth Khalil

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease, Evandro Chagas Clinical Research Institute, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Fabio Russomano

Affiliation Department of Cervical Pathology, Fernandes Figueira Institute, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Andrea Pires

Affiliation Fonte Medicina Diagnostic Laboratory and Federal Fluminense University, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Jonathan E. Golub

Affiliation Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Gerard J. Nuovo

Affiliation Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AFN GJN. Performed the experiments: SMAF NO FR AP BG AFN. Analyzed the data: CBC RK JEG JRLS GJN AFN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GJN. Wrote the paper: AFN GJN.