About the Authors

Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro

Affiliations Tropical Medicine Foundation Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, University of the State of Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, Federal University of Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

Laylah Kelre Costa Magalhães

Affiliations Tropical Medicine Foundation Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, University of the State of Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

Amanda Regina Nichi de Sá

Affiliation State University of Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

Mônica Lúcia Gomes

Affiliation State University of Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

Max Jean de Ornelas Toledo

Affiliation State University of Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

Lara Borges

Affiliation Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Center for Malaria Studies, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

Isa Pires

Affiliation Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Center for Malaria Studies, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

Jorge Augusto de Oliveira Guerra

Affiliations Tropical Medicine Foundation Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, University of the State of Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

Henrique Silveira

hsilveira@ihmt.unl.pt

Affiliations Tropical Medicine Foundation Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Center for Malaria Studies, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

Maria das Graças Vale Barbosa

Affiliations Tropical Medicine Foundation Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, University of the State of Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, Nilton Lins University Center, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WMM MLG MJOT HS MGVB. Performed the experiments: WMM LKCM ARNS MLG LB IP HS. Analyzed the data: WMM MLG HS MGVB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MLG HS MGVB. Wrote the paper: WMM ARNS MLG MJOT JAOG HS MGVB.