About the Authors

Lara Saraiva

Contributed equally to this work with: Lara Saraiva, Célia Maria Ferreira Gontijo, José Dilermando Andrade Filho

lara@cpqrr.fiocruz.br

Affiliation Grupo de Estudos em Leishmanioses–Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou–FIOCRUZ–MINAS–Avenida Augusto de Lima, 1715 Barro Preto, CP 1743, 30190–002 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Alanna Silva Reis

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Grupo de Estudos em Leishmanioses–Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou–FIOCRUZ–MINAS–Avenida Augusto de Lima, 1715 Barro Preto, CP 1743, 30190–002 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Jeronimo Marteleto Nunes Rugani

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Grupo de Estudos em Leishmanioses–Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou–FIOCRUZ–MINAS–Avenida Augusto de Lima, 1715 Barro Preto, CP 1743, 30190–002 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Agnes Antônia Sampaio Pereira

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Grupo de Estudos em Leishmanioses–Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou–FIOCRUZ–MINAS–Avenida Augusto de Lima, 1715 Barro Preto, CP 1743, 30190–002 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Felipe Dutra Rêgo

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Grupo de Estudos em Leishmanioses–Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou–FIOCRUZ–MINAS–Avenida Augusto de Lima, 1715 Barro Preto, CP 1743, 30190–002 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Ana Cristina Vianna Mariano da Rocha Lima

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Grupo de Estudos em Leishmanioses–Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou–FIOCRUZ–MINAS–Avenida Augusto de Lima, 1715 Barro Preto, CP 1743, 30190–002 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Célia Maria Ferreira Gontijo

Contributed equally to this work with: Lara Saraiva, Célia Maria Ferreira Gontijo, José Dilermando Andrade Filho

Affiliation Grupo de Estudos em Leishmanioses–Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou–FIOCRUZ–MINAS–Avenida Augusto de Lima, 1715 Barro Preto, CP 1743, 30190–002 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

José Dilermando Andrade Filho

Contributed equally to this work with: Lara Saraiva, Célia Maria Ferreira Gontijo, José Dilermando Andrade Filho

Affiliation Grupo de Estudos em Leishmanioses–Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou–FIOCRUZ–MINAS–Avenida Augusto de Lima, 1715 Barro Preto, CP 1743, 30190–002 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JDAF CMFG LS. Performed the experiments: JDAF CMFG LS ASR FDR JMNR AASP ACVMRL. Analyzed the data: JDAF CMFG LS FDR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JDAF CMFG LS. Wrote the paper: JDAF CMFG LS.