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1 Faculdade Florence, São Luís, MA, Brazil

2 Programa de Pós-graduação em Biotecnologia (RENORBIO), Universidade Federal do Maranhão – UFMA, MA, Brazil

3 Departamento Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brazil

4 Departamento de Laboratórios Especializados, Superintendência de Controle de Endemias, Secretaria de Estado da Saúde de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

5 Departamento de Patología y Medicina Preventiva, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de Concepción, Chillán, Ñuble, Chile

6 Departamento de Patologia, Curso de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Estadual do Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brazil

7 Laboratório de Zoologia, Departamento de Biologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Manaus, AM, Brazil

8 Departamento de Parasitologia Animal, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

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