About the Authors

Clarissa Perez Faria

Affiliations CNC - Center for Neurosciences and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Laboratory of Parasitology, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Graziela Maria Zanini

Affiliation Laboratory of Parasitology, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Gisele Silva Dias

Affiliation Laboratory of Parasitology, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Sidnei da Silva

Affiliation Laboratory of Parasitology, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Maria do Céu Sousa

msousa@ff.uc.pt

Affiliations CNC - Center for Neurosciences and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: CPF GMZ MCS. Funding acquisition: CPF MCS. Investigation: CPF GMZ MCS. Methodology: CPF GSD SS. Project administration: MCS. Resources: GMZ MCS. Supervision: GMZ MCS. Writing - original draft: CPF MCS. Writing - review & editing: CPF MCS.