About the Authors

Rute C. Félix

rfelix@ihmt.unl.pt (RCF); hsilveira@ihmt.unl.pt (HS)

Affiliation UEI Parasitologia Médica, Centro de Malária e Outras Doenças Tropicais, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Henrique Silveira

rfelix@ihmt.unl.pt (RCF); hsilveira@ihmt.unl.pt (HS)

Affiliation UEI Parasitologia Médica, Centro de Malária e Outras Doenças Tropicais, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RCF HS. Performed the experiments: RCF. Analyzed the data: RCF HS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HS. Wrote the paper: RCF HS.