¹ Graduate Program in Biosciences, São Paulo State University, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil ;

² Laboratory of Tropical Diseases – Prof. Luiz Jacintho da Silva, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil ;

³ Graduate Program in Health Sciences, School of Medicine of São José do Rio Preto, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil ;

⁴ Department of Biology, Federal University of Sergipe, Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil ;

⁵ Laboratory of Malaria Immunogenetics, Evandro Chagas Institute/Health Ministry, Pará, Brazil ;

⁶ Electron Microscopy Laboratory, Evandro Chagas Institute/Health Ministry ;

⁷ University Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil ;

⁸ Oswald Cruz Foundation (Fundação Instituto Oswaldo Cruz do Rio de Janeiro - FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil