About the Authors

Humberto D. Gravina

Affiliation Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Lis Antonelli

Affiliation Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Ricardo T. Gazzinelli

Affiliations Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, Untied States of America

Catherine Ropert

cropert@hotmail.com

Affiliation Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CR RTG. Performed the experiments: CR HDG LA. Analyzed the data: CR HDG LA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RTG. Wrote the paper: CR HDG.