About the Authors

Mariana M. Chaves

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Current address: Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Biophysics Institute Carlos Chagas Filho, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil

Debora A. Sinflorio

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Biophysics Institute Carlos Chagas Filho, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil

Maria Luiza Thorstenberg

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Biophysics Institute Carlos Chagas Filho, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil

Monique Daiane Andrade Martins

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Biophysics Institute Carlos Chagas Filho, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil

Aline Cristina Abreu Moreira-Souza

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Biophysics Institute Carlos Chagas Filho, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil

Thuany Prado Rangel

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Biophysics Institute Carlos Chagas Filho, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil

Claudia L. M. Silva

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil

Maria Bellio

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Microbiology Institute Paulo de Goés, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil

Claudio Canetti

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

ccanetti@biof.ufrj.br (CC); rcsilva@biof.ufrj.br (RCS)

Affiliation Biophysics Institute Carlos Chagas Filho, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil

Robson Coutinho-Silva

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

ccanetti@biof.ufrj.br (CC); rcsilva@biof.ufrj.br (RCS)

Affiliation Biophysics Institute Carlos Chagas Filho, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.