About the Authors

Carolina M. C. Catta-Preta

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

ccattapreta@usp.br (CMCC-P); dsacks@niaid.nih.gov (DLS)

Current address: Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Affiliation Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Vitor Luiz da Silva

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliations Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil, Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, Brazil

Claudio Meneses

Roles Resources

Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Kashinath Ghosh

Roles Resources

Affiliation Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

David L. Sacks

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

ccattapreta@usp.br (CMCC-P); dsacks@niaid.nih.gov (DLS)

Affiliation Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.