About the Authors

Ana Horta

Contributed equally to this work with: Ana Horta, Claudia Nobrega

Affiliations Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, ICVS/3B's, PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal, Infectious Diseases Service of the Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Hospital Joaquim Urbano Unit, Porto, Portugal

Claudia Nobrega

Contributed equally to this work with: Ana Horta, Claudia Nobrega

Affiliations Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, ICVS/3B's, PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal

Pedro Amorim-Machado

Affiliations Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, ICVS/3B's, PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal

Vitor Coutinho-Teixeira

Affiliations Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, ICVS/3B's, PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal

Palmira Barreira-Silva

Affiliations Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, ICVS/3B's, PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal

Susana Boavida

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Service of the Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Hospital Joaquim Urbano Unit, Porto, Portugal

Patrício Costa

Affiliations Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, ICVS/3B's, PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal

Rui Sarmento-Castro

Affiliations Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, ICVS/3B's, PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal, Infectious Diseases Service of the Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Hospital Joaquim Urbano Unit, Porto, Portugal

António Gil Castro

Affiliations Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, ICVS/3B's, PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal

Margarida Correia-Neves

mcorreianeves@ecsaude.uminho.pt

Affiliations Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, ICVS/3B's, PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AH AGC MC-N. Performed the experiments: AH PA-M CN VC-T PB-S. Analyzed the data: AH PA-M CN VC-T AGC MC-N PC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AH SB RS-C AGC MC-N. Wrote the paper: AH PA-M CN AGC MC-N.