About the Authors

Alejandro H. Buschmann

Affiliation Centro i∼mar, Universidad de Los Lagos, Puerto Montt, Chile

Alexandra Tomova

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

Alejandra López

Affiliation Centro i∼mar, Universidad de Los Lagos, Puerto Montt, Chile

Miguel A. Maldonado

Affiliation Centro i∼mar, Universidad de Los Lagos, Puerto Montt, Chile

Luis A. Henríquez

Affiliation Centro i∼mar, Universidad de Los Lagos, Puerto Montt, Chile

Larisa Ivanova

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

Fred Moy

Affiliation Department of Pathology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

Henry P. Godfrey

Affiliation Department of Pathology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

Felipe C. Cabello

cabello@nymc.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AHB FCC. Performed the experiments: AT MAM LAH AL LI AHB. Analyzed the data: AHB FCC AT LI FM HPG. Wrote the paper: FCC AHB HPG AT.