About the Authors

Délia Cristina Figueira Aguiar

Contributed equally to this work with: Délia Cristina Figueira Aguiar, Washington Luiz Assunção Pereira, Tereza Cristina Oliveira Corvelo

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

delia@ufpa.br

Current address: Laboratory of Biomolecular Technology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal -University of Pará, Avenida Augusto Corrêa, Belém, Pará, Brazil

Affiliation Laboratory of Biomolecular Technology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal -University of Pará, Belém, Pará, Brazil

Washington Luiz Assunção Pereira

Contributed equally to this work with: Délia Cristina Figueira Aguiar, Washington Luiz Assunção Pereira, Tereza Cristina Oliveira Corvelo

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Pathology Laboratory, Rural Federal University of Amazonia, Belém, Pará, Brazil

Gyselly de Cássia Bastos de Matos

Roles Investigation, Methodology

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Institute of Health and Animal Production, Veterinary Medicine Course, Rural Federal University of Amazonia, Belém, Pará, Brazil

Klena Sarges Marruaz da Silva

Roles Investigation, Methodology

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Institute of Science and Technology in Biomodels, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rosane do Socorro Pompeu de Loiola

Roles Investigation, Methodology

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Epidemiology Division, Pará State Health Secretary, Belém, Pará, Brazil

Tereza Cristina Oliveira Corvelo

Contributed equally to this work with: Délia Cristina Figueira Aguiar, Washington Luiz Assunção Pereira, Tereza Cristina Oliveira Corvelo

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Laboratory of Immunogenetics, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Pará, Avenida Augusto Corrêa, Belém, Pará, Brazil

Affiliation Laboratory of Immunogenetics, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Pará, Belém, Pará, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.