About the Authors

Joelma D. Monteiro

Contributed equally to this work with: Joelma D. Monteiro, Joanna Gardel Valverde

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Immunogenetics Laboratory, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil, Post-Graduate Program in Parasite Biology, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil, Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Infectious Diseases and Cancer, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil, Laboratory of Virology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil, Post-Graduate Program in Health Sciences, Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil

Joanna Gardel Valverde

Contributed equally to this work with: Joelma D. Monteiro, Joanna Gardel Valverde

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision

joannav@cb.ufrn.br

Affiliations Immunogenetics Laboratory, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil, Laboratory of Complex Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil, Institute of Science and Technology of Tropical Diseases, Brazil

Ingryd Camara Morais

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Institute of Science and Technology of Tropical Diseases, Brazil

Cassio Ricardo de Medeiros Souza

Roles Methodology

Affiliations Immunogenetics Laboratory, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil, Laboratory of Complex Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil, Institute of Science and Technology of Tropical Diseases, Brazil

João Ciro Fagundes Neto

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Post-Graduate Program in Parasite Biology, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil, Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Infectious Diseases and Cancer, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil, Laboratory of Virology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil

Marília Farias de Melo

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Post-Graduate Program in Parasite Biology, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil, Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Infectious Diseases and Cancer, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil, Laboratory of Virology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil

Yasmin Mesquita Nascimento

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Infectious Diseases and Cancer, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil, Laboratory of Virology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil

Brenda Elen Bizerra Alves

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Post-Graduate Program in Parasite Biology, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil, Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Infectious Diseases and Cancer, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil, Laboratory of Virology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil

Leandro Gurgel de Medeiros

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Post-Graduate Program in Parasite Biology, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil, Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Infectious Diseases and Cancer, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil, Laboratory of Virology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil

Hannaly W. Bezerra Pereira

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Post-Graduate Program in Parasite Biology, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil, Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Infectious Diseases and Cancer, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil, Laboratory of Virology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil

Anne Aline Pereira de Paiva

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Infectious Diseases and Cancer, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil, Laboratory of Virology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil

Diego G. Teixeira

Roles Methodology

Affiliations Immunogenetics Laboratory, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil, Laboratory of Complex Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil, Institute of Science and Technology of Tropical Diseases, Brazil

Márcia Cristina Bernardo de Melo Moura

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Secretaria Municipal de Saúde, Centro de Controle de Zoonoses, Natal, Brazil

Alessandre de Medeiros Tavares

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Secretaria Municipal de Saúde, Centro de Controle de Zoonoses, Natal, Brazil

José Veríssimo Fernandes

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Post-Graduate Program in Parasite Biology, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil, Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Infectious Diseases and Cancer, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil

Selma M. B. Jeronimo

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Immunogenetics Laboratory, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil, Post-Graduate Program in Health Sciences, Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil, Laboratory of Complex Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil, Institute of Science and Technology of Tropical Diseases, Brazil

Josélio M. G. Araújo

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Post-Graduate Program in Parasite Biology, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil, Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Infectious Diseases and Cancer, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil, Laboratory of Virology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil

Competing Interests

No authors have competing interests.