1. Parasitic Biology Graduate Program, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil
2. Tropical Medicine Graduate Program, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
3. Health Sciences Graduate Program, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil
4. Department of Morphology, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil
5. Department of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil
6. Immunology and Molecular Biology Laboratory, University Hospital, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Aracaju, Brazil
7. Department of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Arapiraca, Alagoas, Brazil
8. Department of Nursing, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Lagarto, Sergipe, Brazil
9. Nursing Graduate Program, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil