About the Authors

Vania Cristina Santos

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Vladimir Fazito Vale

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Sydnei Magno Silva

Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Federal University of Uberlandia (UFU), Uberlandia, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Alexandre Alves Sousa Nascimento

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Natalia Alvim Araujo Saab

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Rodrigo Pedro Pinto Soares

Affiliation Laboratory of Medical Entomology, Centro de Pesquisas Rene Rachou (CPqRR), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Marilene Suzan Marques Michalick

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Ricardo Nascimento Araujo

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, National Institute of Science and Technology-Molecular Entomology, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq), Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil

Marcos Horacio Pereira

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, National Institute of Science and Technology-Molecular Entomology, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq), Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil

Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Nelder Figueiredo Gontijo

nelder@icb.ufmg.br

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, National Institute of Science and Technology-Molecular Entomology, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq), Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NFG VCS VFV. Performed the experiments: VCS VFV SMS AASN NAAS. Analyzed the data: VCS NFG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NFG MHP RNA RPPS RTF MSMM. Wrote the paper: NFG VCS RNA.