Financial support was provided by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (grant 550160/2010-8 and scholarships to M.M.O.S., M.S.R., I.A.D.P., M.K.,A.I.K., M.G.R., and G.S.R.); the Bahia Foundation for Research Support (grant PNX0010/2011); the Federal University of Bahia (grants PROPI 2013 and
PRODOC 2013); the National Institutes of Health (grants R01 AI052473, U01 AI088752, R25 TW009338, and D43 TW00919); the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (scholarships to A.M.K., M.M.O.S., A.S.T., and J.S.C.); and the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel, Brazil Ministry of Education (scholarships to M.K.
Os autores agradecem a Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado da Bahia (FAPESB) e ao Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq), pelo apoio financeiro para execucao dos projetos, a Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES), pela concessao de Bolsa
PRODOC (para a autora Greice Ximena Oliveira) e ao Instituto de Ciencia e Tecnologia em Salinidade pelas oportunidades de intercambio interinstitucional.