About the Authors

Fabiana M. de Paula

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

fabiana.paula@hc.fm.usp.br (FMP); muferrei@usp.br (MUF)

Affiliations Laboratório de Investigação Médica LIM-06, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Bruna B. Gomes

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Laboratório de Investigação Médica LIM-06, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Dirce Mary C. L. Meisel

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Laboratório de Investigação Médica LIM-06, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Mônica da-Silva Nunes

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Carlos E. Cavasini

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Dermatological, Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Medicine of São José do Rio Preto, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Kézia K. G. Scopel

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Microbiology and Immunology, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Ronaldo C. B. Gryschek

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Laboratório de Investigação Médica LIM-06, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Marcelo U. Ferreira

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

fabiana.paula@hc.fm.usp.br (FMP); muferrei@usp.br (MUF)

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Global Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM), Associate Laboratory in Translation and Innovation Towards Global Health (LA-REAL), Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, NOVA University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.