1. Graduate Program in Tropical Medicine at the University of Brasília; Brasília DF Brazil
2. Health Surveillance Secretariat of the Ministry of Health; Brasília DF Brazil
3. National Reference Laboratory for Rickettsial disease Vectors of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation; Rio de Janeiro RJ Brazil
4. Department of Health Surveillance of the Secretariat of Health of Santa Catarina State; Florianópolis SC Brazil
5. Clinical Hospital of the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP); Campinas SP Brazil
6. Medical Parasitology and Vector Biology Laboratory; University of Brasília; Brasília DF Brazil