About the Authors

Marli Stela Santana

marli.maciel@uol.com.br (MS); marcuslacerda@uol.com.br (ML)

Affiliation University of the State of Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

Marcus Vinícius Guimarães de Lacerda

marli.maciel@uol.com.br (MS); marcuslacerda@uol.com.br (ML)

Affiliations University of the State of Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, Tropical Medicine Foundation of Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, Nilton Lins Universitary Center, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

Maria das Graças Vale Barbosa

Affiliations University of the State of Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, Tropical Medicine Foundation of Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, Nilton Lins Universitary Center, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

Wilson Duarte Alecrim

Affiliations Tropical Medicine Foundation of Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, Nilton Lins Universitary Center, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

Maria das Graças Costa Alecrim

Affiliations University of the State of Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, Nilton Lins Universitary Center, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MSS MVL MGB WDA MGA. Performed the experiments: MSS. Analyzed the data: MSS MVL MGB WDA MGA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MSS. Wrote the paper: MSS MVL MGB WDA MGA.