About the Authors

Carolline A. Mariz

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

carolline.mariz@fiocruz.br

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Institute Aggeu Magalhães, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Natália Menezes N. de Oliveira

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Institute Aggeu Magalhães, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Sílvia Carla de A. Alexandre

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Institute Aggeu Magalhães, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Isabelle Viana

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Virology, Institute Aggeu Magalhães, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Clarice N. L. de Morais

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Virology, Institute Aggeu Magalhães, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Ernesto T. A. Marques

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Virology, Institute Aggeu Magalhães, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Thomas Jaenisch

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Section Clinical Tropical Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany, German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Heidelberg Site, Heidelberg, Germany, Center for Global Health, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Wayner Vieira de Souza

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

Date of death September 2nd, 2025.

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Institute Aggeu Magalhães, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Maria de Fátima P. Militão de Albuquerque

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Institute Aggeu Magalhães, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Carlos A. A. de Brito

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Clinical Medicine, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, Department of Immunology, Autoimune Research Institute, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Cynthia Braga

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

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Institute Aggeu Magalhães, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.