About the Authors

Joanna d’Arc Lyra Batista

joannalyra@gmail.com

Affiliation Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães/Fiocruz, Recife, Brazil

Maria de Fátima Pessoa Militão de Albuquerque

Affiliation Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães/Fiocruz, Recife, Brazil

Magda Maruza

Affiliation Hospital Correia Picanço, Recife, Brazil

Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes

Affiliations Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil, Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil

Marcela Lopes Santos

Affiliation Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães/Fiocruz, Recife, Brazil

Ulisses Ramos Montarroyos

Affiliation Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil

Demócrito de Barros Miranda-Filho

Affiliation Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil

Heloisa Ramos Lacerda

Affiliations Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil, Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil

Laura Cunha Rodrigues

Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JDLB MFPMA MM RAAX MLS URM DBMF HRL LCR. Performed the experiments: JDLB MFPMA MM RAAX MLS URM DBMF HRL LCR. Analyzed the data: JDLB MFPMA RAAX MLS URM LCR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JDLB MFPMA MM RAAX MLS URM DBMF HRL LCR. Wrote the paper: JDLB MFPMA MM RAAX MLS URM DBMF HRL LCR.