About the Authors

Leonardo M. Leony

Contributed equally to this work with: Leonardo M. Leony, Natália E. M. Freitas

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Gonçalo Moniz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Natália E. M. Freitas

Contributed equally to this work with: Leonardo M. Leony, Natália E. M. Freitas

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

Affiliation Gonçalo Moniz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Rodrigo P. Del-Rei

Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Faculty of Technology and Sciences of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Claudia M. Carneiro

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Immunopathology Laboratory, Nucleus of Research in Biological Sciences, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Alexandre B. Reis

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Immunopathology Laboratory, Nucleus of Research in Biological Sciences, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Ana Maria Jansen

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Samanta C. C. Xavier

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Yara M. Gomes

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Aggeu Magalhães Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Edmilson D. Silva

Roles Resources

Affiliation Immunobiological Technology Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Mitermayer G. Reis

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Gonçalo Moniz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, Department of Pathology and Legal Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Bahia, Brazil, Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Deborah B. M. Fraga

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Gonçalo Moniz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Paola A. F. Celedon

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Molecular Biology Institute of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

Nilson I. T. Zanchin

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

Affiliation Carlos Chagas Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

Filipe Dantas-Torres

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Aggeu Magalhães Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Fred L. N. Santos

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

fred.santos@fiocruz.br

Affiliation Gonçalo Moniz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Competing Interests

FDT has received funding from Bayer Animal Health to conduct a clinical trial to access the efficacy of flumethrin plus imidacloprid collar in preventing vector-borne pathogen infections on dogs in Brazil. He also received honoraria for talks in scientific meetings organized by Bayer Animal Health and Boehringer Ingelheim.