About the Authors

Gabriane Nascimento Porcino

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil

Kátia Silene Sousa Carvalho

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Diseases Natan Portela, Federal University of Piauí, Brazil

Débora Cavalcante Braz

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Diseases Natan Portela, Federal University of Piauí, Brazil

Vladimir Costa Silva

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Diseases Natan Portela, Federal University of Piauí, Brazil

Carlos Henrique Nery Costa

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Diseases Natan Portela, Federal University of Piauí, Brazil

Isabel Kinney Ferreira de Miranda Santos

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

imsantos@fmrp.usp.br

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.