About the Authors

Arlinete S. Medeiros

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Post-GraduateHealth Program, Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, 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, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, Laboratory of Virology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil

Diego M. P. Costa

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Infectious Diseases and Cancer, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Mário S. D. Branco

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Infectious Diseases and Cancer, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Daíse M. C. Sousa

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Infectious Diseases and Cancer, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Joelma D. Monteiro

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

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Infectious Diseases and Cancer, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Sílvio P. M. Galvão

Roles Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Infectious Diseases and Cancer, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Paulo Roberto M. Azevedo

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Statistics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil

José V. Fernandes

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Infectious Diseases and Cancer, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Selma M. B. Jeronimo

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Post-GraduateHealth Program, Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, Immunogenetics Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Biosciences Center, 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, Brasília, Brazil

Josélio M. G. Araújo

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

joselio@cb.ufrn.br

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, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, Laboratory of Virology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.