About the Authors

Marcia Mendonça Lucena

Affiliations Laboratory of Clinical Research and Surveillance in Leishmaniasis, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, Departmentof Speech Pathology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Fernanda dos Santos da Silva

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Research and Surveillance in Leishmaniasis, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Ananda Dutra da Costa

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Research and Surveillance in Leishmaniasis, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Gabriela Rodrigues Guimarães

Affiliation Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Ana Cristina Nunes Ruas

Affiliation Departmentof Speech Pathology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Frederico Pereira Bom Braga

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Research and Surveillance in Leishmaniasis, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Mateus Pereira Bom Braga

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Research and Surveillance in Leishmaniasis, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

João Gustavo Corrêa Reis

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Research and Surveillance in Leishmaniasis, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Daniel César Silva da Costa

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Research and Surveillance in Leishmaniasis, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Mariana Reuter Palmeiro

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Research and Surveillance in Leishmaniasis, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Valéria Cavalcanti Rolla

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Research in Mycobacteriosis, Evandro Chagas National Instituteof Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Cláudia Maria Valete-Rosalino

claudia.valete@ini.fiocruz.br

Affiliations Laboratory of Clinical Research and Surveillance in Leishmaniasis, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Ophthalmology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MML FSS ADC ACNR FPBB MPBB JGCR DCSC VCR CMVR. Performed the experiments: MML FSS ADC ACNR FPBB MPBB JGCR DCSC MRP VCR CMVR. Analyzed the data: MML FSS ADC ACNR GRG VCR CMVR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MML FSS ADC ACNR VCR CMVR. Wrote the paper: MML FSS ADC ACNR GRG FPBB MPBB JGCR DCSC VCR CMVR.