About the Authors

Luke Anthony Baton

Contributed equally to this work with: Luke Anthony Baton, Etiene Casagrande Pacidônio

Affiliation Laboratório de Malária, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou -FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Etiene Casagrande Pacidônio

Contributed equally to this work with: Luke Anthony Baton, Etiene Casagrande Pacidônio

Affiliation Laboratório de Malária, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou -FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Daniela da Silva Gonçalves

Affiliation Laboratório de Malária, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou -FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Luciano Andrade Moreira

luciano@cpqrr.fiocruz.br

Affiliation Laboratório de Malária, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou -FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Competing Interests

Luciano Moreira is a PLOS ONE academic editor. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Mathematical modelling: LAB. Conceived and designed the experiments: LAB ECP LAM. Performed the experiments: LAB ECP DSG. Analyzed the data: LAB ECP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LAM. Wrote the paper: LAB.