About the Authors

P. O. Ly Soumaré

Contributed equally to this work with: P. O. Ly Soumaré, Caio C. M. Freire

Affiliation Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal

Caio C. M. Freire

Contributed equally to this work with: P. O. Ly Soumaré, Caio C. M. Freire

freire@ime.usp.br

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Evolution and Bioinformatics, Department of Microbiology, Biomedical Sciences Institute, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Ousmane Faye

Affiliation Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal

Mawlouth Diallo

Affiliation Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal

Juliana Velasco C. de Oliveira

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Evolution and Bioinformatics, Department of Microbiology, Biomedical Sciences Institute, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Paolo M. A. Zanotto

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Evolution and Bioinformatics, Department of Microbiology, Biomedical Sciences Institute, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Amadou Alpha Sall

Affiliation Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: POLS OF MD PMAZ AAS. Performed the experiments: POLS OF MD JVCO. Analyzed the data: POLS CCMF AAS PMAZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AAS PMAZ. Wrote the paper: POLS CCMF PMAZ AAS. First co-authors: POLS CCMF.