About the Authors
- Renato A. Prates
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Affiliations Center for Lasers and Applications, Nuclear and Energy Research Institute, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, School of Dentistry, Health Department, Universidade Nove de Julho, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, Wellman Center of Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Beth Burgwyn Fuchs
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Kazue Mizuno
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Affiliations Wellman Center of Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Qurat Naqvi
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Affiliation Wellman Center of Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Ilka T. Kato
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Affiliation Center for Lasers and Applications, Nuclear and Energy Research Institute, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
- Martha S. Ribeiro
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Affiliation Center for Lasers and Applications, Nuclear and Energy Research Institute, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
- Eleftherios Mylonakis
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- George P. Tegos
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* E-mail: GTegos@salud.unm.edu (GPT); Hamblin@helix.mgh.harvard.edu (MH)
Affiliations Wellman Center of Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, New Mexico, United States of America
- Michael R. Hamblin
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* E-mail: GTegos@salud.unm.edu (GPT); Hamblin@helix.mgh.harvard.edu (MH)
Affiliations Wellman Center of Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Competing Interests
Author MR Hamblin is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors′ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RAP, MSR, EM, GPT, MRH. Performed the experiments: RAP, BBF, KM, QN, ITK. Analyzed the data: RAP, BBF, GPT, MRH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EM, GPT. Wrote the paper: RAP, BBF, MSR, EM, GPT, MRH.