About the Authors

Fernanda J. Cabral

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Wesley L. Fotoran

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Gerhard Wunderlich

gwunder@usp.br

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FJC GW. Performed the experiments: FJC WLF. Analyzed the data: FJC GW. Wrote the paper: FJC WLF GW.