About the Authors

Clarissa Teixeira

Contributed equally to this work with: Clarissa Teixeira, Regis Gomes

Affiliation Vector Molecular Biology Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Regis Gomes

Contributed equally to this work with: Clarissa Teixeira, Regis Gomes

Affiliation Vector Molecular Biology Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Nicolas Collin

Affiliation Vector Molecular Biology Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

David Reynoso

Affiliation Vector Molecular Biology Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Ryan Jochim

Affiliation Vector Molecular Biology Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Fabiano Oliveira

Affiliation Vector Molecular Biology Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Amy Seitz

Affiliation Vector Molecular Biology Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Dia-Eldin Elnaiem

Affiliation Department of Natural Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, Maryland, United States of America

Arlene Caldas

Affiliation Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luis, Maranhão, Brazil

Ana Paula de Souza

Affiliation Centro de Pesquisas Goncalo Moniz–FIOCRUZ, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Cláudia I. Brodskyn

Affiliation Centro de Pesquisas Goncalo Moniz–FIOCRUZ, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Camila Indiani de Oliveira

Affiliation Centro de Pesquisas Goncalo Moniz–FIOCRUZ, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Ivete Mendonca

Affiliation Laboratorio de Leishmanioses, Instituto de Doencas Tropicais Natan Portella and Universidade Federal do Piaui, Teresina, Piaui, Brazil

Carlos H. N. Costa

Affiliation Laboratorio de Leishmanioses, Instituto de Doencas Tropicais Natan Portella and Universidade Federal do Piaui, Teresina, Piaui, Brazil

Petr Volf

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

Aldina Barral

Affiliation Centro de Pesquisas Goncalo Moniz–FIOCRUZ, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Shaden Kamhawi

Affiliation Vector Molecular Biology Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Jesus G. Valenzuela

jvalenzuela@niaid.nih.gov

Affiliation Vector Molecular Biology Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RG SK JGV. Performed the experiments: CRT RG NC DR RJ FO AS DEE. Analyzed the data: CRT RG SK JGV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NC DR RJ FO AS DEE AC APdS CIB CIdO IM CHNC PV AB. Wrote the paper: CRT RG SK JGV.