About the Authors

Fabiane Aguiar dos Anjos Gatti

Contributed equally to this work with: Fabiane Aguiar dos Anjos Gatti, Etienne Ceolan, Fernando Salles Rodrigues Greco, Paula Costa Santos, Gabriel Baracy Klafke, Gisele Rodrigues de Oliveira, Andrea Von Groll, Ana Maria Barral de Martinez, Carla Vitola Gonçalves, Carlos James Scaini

fafagatti@gmail.com

Affiliation Laboratory of Parasitology, Medical School, Federal University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Etienne Ceolan

Contributed equally to this work with: Fabiane Aguiar dos Anjos Gatti, Etienne Ceolan, Fernando Salles Rodrigues Greco, Paula Costa Santos, Gabriel Baracy Klafke, Gisele Rodrigues de Oliveira, Andrea Von Groll, Ana Maria Barral de Martinez, Carla Vitola Gonçalves, Carlos James Scaini

Affiliation Laboratory of Parasitology, Medical School, Federal University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Fernando Salles Rodrigues Greco

Contributed equally to this work with: Fabiane Aguiar dos Anjos Gatti, Etienne Ceolan, Fernando Salles Rodrigues Greco, Paula Costa Santos, Gabriel Baracy Klafke, Gisele Rodrigues de Oliveira, Andrea Von Groll, Ana Maria Barral de Martinez, Carla Vitola Gonçalves, Carlos James Scaini

Affiliation Laboratory of Parasitology, Medical School, Federal University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Paula Costa Santos

Contributed equally to this work with: Fabiane Aguiar dos Anjos Gatti, Etienne Ceolan, Fernando Salles Rodrigues Greco, Paula Costa Santos, Gabriel Baracy Klafke, Gisele Rodrigues de Oliveira, Andrea Von Groll, Ana Maria Barral de Martinez, Carla Vitola Gonçalves, Carlos James Scaini

Affiliation Laboratory of Parasitology, Medical School, Federal University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Gabriel Baracy Klafke

Contributed equally to this work with: Fabiane Aguiar dos Anjos Gatti, Etienne Ceolan, Fernando Salles Rodrigues Greco, Paula Costa Santos, Gabriel Baracy Klafke, Gisele Rodrigues de Oliveira, Andrea Von Groll, Ana Maria Barral de Martinez, Carla Vitola Gonçalves, Carlos James Scaini

Affiliation Laboratory of Parasitology, Medical School, Federal University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Gisele Rodrigues de Oliveira

Contributed equally to this work with: Fabiane Aguiar dos Anjos Gatti, Etienne Ceolan, Fernando Salles Rodrigues Greco, Paula Costa Santos, Gabriel Baracy Klafke, Gisele Rodrigues de Oliveira, Andrea Von Groll, Ana Maria Barral de Martinez, Carla Vitola Gonçalves, Carlos James Scaini

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Medical School, Federal University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Andrea Von Groll

Contributed equally to this work with: Fabiane Aguiar dos Anjos Gatti, Etienne Ceolan, Fernando Salles Rodrigues Greco, Paula Costa Santos, Gabriel Baracy Klafke, Gisele Rodrigues de Oliveira, Andrea Von Groll, Ana Maria Barral de Martinez, Carla Vitola Gonçalves, Carlos James Scaini

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Medical School, Federal University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Ana Maria Barral de Martinez

Contributed equally to this work with: Fabiane Aguiar dos Anjos Gatti, Etienne Ceolan, Fernando Salles Rodrigues Greco, Paula Costa Santos, Gabriel Baracy Klafke, Gisele Rodrigues de Oliveira, Andrea Von Groll, Ana Maria Barral de Martinez, Carla Vitola Gonçalves, Carlos James Scaini

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Medical School, Federal University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Carla Vitola Gonçalves

Contributed equally to this work with: Fabiane Aguiar dos Anjos Gatti, Etienne Ceolan, Fernando Salles Rodrigues Greco, Paula Costa Santos, Gabriel Baracy Klafke, Gisele Rodrigues de Oliveira, Andrea Von Groll, Ana Maria Barral de Martinez, Carla Vitola Gonçalves, Carlos James Scaini

Affiliation Obstetrics and Gynaecology Centre, University Hospital, Federal University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Carlos James Scaini

Contributed equally to this work with: Fabiane Aguiar dos Anjos Gatti, Etienne Ceolan, Fernando Salles Rodrigues Greco, Paula Costa Santos, Gabriel Baracy Klafke, Gisele Rodrigues de Oliveira, Andrea Von Groll, Ana Maria Barral de Martinez, Carla Vitola Gonçalves, Carlos James Scaini

Affiliation Laboratory of Parasitology, Medical School, Federal University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: FAAG CVG CJS. Data curation: FAAG CVG CJS. Formal analysis: FAAG CVG CJS. Investigation: FAAG EC FSRG PCS GBK GRO AVG AMBM CVG CJS. Methodology: FAAG AVG AMBM CVG CJS. Project administration: FAAG AVG CVG CJS. Resources: FAAG EC FSRG GBK GRO. Supervision: FAAG CVG CJS. Validation: FAAG EC FSRG PCS GBK GRO AVG AMBM CVG CJS. Writing – original draft: FAAG CVG CJS. Writing – review & editing: FAAG PCS AVG CVG CJS.