About the Authors

Líliam César de Castro Medeiros

liliam.castro@inpe.br

Affiliation Centro de Ciência do Sistema Terrestre, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, INPE, São José dos Campos, Brazil

César Augusto Rodrigues Castilho

Affiliation Departamento de Matemática, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, UFPE, Recife, Brazil

Cynthia Braga

Affiliation Departamento de Parasitologia, Centro de Pesquisa Aggeu Magalhães, CPqAM, Recife, Brazil

Wayner Vieira de Souza

Affiliation Departamento de Saúde Coletiva, Centro de Pesquisa Aggeu Magalhães, CPqAM, Recife, Brazil

Leda Regis

Affiliation Departamento de Entomologia, Centro de Pesquisa Aggeu Magalhães, CPqAM, Recife, Brazil

Antonio Miguel Vieira Monteiro

Affiliation Divisão de Processamento de Imagens, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, INPE, São José dos Campos, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LCdCM CARC. Performed the experiments: LCdCM. Wrote the paper: LCdCM CARC CB WVdS LR AMVM. Conceived and designed the model: LCdCM CARC. Discussed the model parameters: LCdCM CARC CB WVdS LR. Analyzed, re-analyzed and interpreted the results: LCdCM CARC CB WVdS LR. Critical revision: AMVM.