About the Authors

Marina Rovani Drummond

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Applied Research in Dermatology and Bartonella Infection Laboratory, University of Campinas—UNICAMP; Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Luciene Silva dos Santos

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Applied Research in Dermatology and Bartonella Infection Laboratory, University of Campinas—UNICAMP; Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Amanda Roberta de Almeida

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Applied Research in Dermatology and Bartonella Infection Laboratory, University of Campinas—UNICAMP; Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Karina de Almeida Lins

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Applied Research in Dermatology and Bartonella Infection Laboratory, University of Campinas—UNICAMP; Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Maria Lourdes Barjas-Castro

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Hematology and Hemotherapy Center, University of Campinas–UNICAMP, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Pedro Paulo Vissotto de Paiva Diniz

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California, United States of America

Paulo Eduardo Neves Ferreira Velho

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

pvelho@unicamp.br

Affiliations Applied Research in Dermatology and Bartonella Infection Laboratory, University of Campinas—UNICAMP; Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, UNICAMP, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.