About the Authors

José Antonio Picanço Diniz

Affiliation Instituto Evandro Chagas, Belém, Brazil

Zaire Alves dos Santos

Affiliation Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil

Marcio Augusto Galvão Braga

Affiliation Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil

Ádila Liliane Barros Dias

Affiliation Instituto Evandro Chagas, Belém, Brazil

Daisy Elaine Andrade da Silva

Affiliation Instituto Evandro Chagas, Belém, Brazil

Daniele Barbosa de Almeida Medeiros

Affiliation Instituto Evandro Chagas, Belém, Brazil

Vera Lucia Reis de Souza Barros

Affiliation Instituto Evandro Chagas, Belém, Brazil

Jannifer Oliveira Chiang

Affiliation Instituto Evandro Chagas, Belém, Brazil

Kendra Eyllen de Freitas Zoghbi

Affiliation Instituto Evandro Chagas, Belém, Brazil

Juarez Antônio Simões Quaresma

Affiliation Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil

Christina Maeda Takiya

Affiliation Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Vivaldo Moura Neto

Affiliation Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Wanderley de Souza

Affiliation Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos

*E-mail: pedrovasconcelos@iec.pa.gov.br

Affiliation Instituto Evandro Chagas, Belém, Brazil

Cristovam Wanderley Picanço Diniz

Affiliation Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JD PV VM Wd CD. Performed the experiments: JD Zd MB ÁD Dd DM VB JC KZ. Analyzed the data: JD PV Zd MB DM VB JC JQ CT VM Wd CD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PV JC JQ CD. Wrote the paper: JD PV JQ CD.