About the Authors

Paulo Marcos Matta Guedes

pauloguedes@cb.ufrn.br

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil

Cléber Mesquita de Andrade

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Rio Grande do Norte State, Rio Grande do Norte, Mossoró, Brazil

Daniela Ferreira Nunes

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

Nathalie de Sena Pereira

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil, Department of Parasitology, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Tamyres Bernadete Dantas Queiroga

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil

George Luiz Lins Machado-Coelho

Affiliation School of Medicine, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Manuela Sales Lima Nascimento

Affiliation Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

Maria Adelaide Do-Valle-Matta

Affiliation Laboratory of Cellular Ultrastructure, Oswaldo Cruz Institute/FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Antônia Cláudia Jácome da Câmara

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analyses, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil

Egler Chiari

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

Lúcia Maria da Cunha Galvão

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PMMG LMdCG. Performed the experiments: PMMG CMdA DFN NdSP TBDQ MSLN ACJdC. Analyzed the data: PMMG CMdA DFN NdSP TBDQ GLLMC MSLN MADVM ACJdC LMdCG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PMMG CMdA DFN NdSP TBDQ GLLMC MSLN MADVM ACJdC EC LMdCG. Wrote the paper: PMMG MSLN MADVM EC LMdCG.