Louise Bach Kmetiuk,¹ Lília M. S. Paulin,² Eliana Monteforte Cassaro Villalobos,³ Maria do Carmo Custódio de Souza Hunold Lara,³ Ivan Roque de Barros Filho,⁴ Monicque Silva Pereira,⁵ Renato van Wilpe Bach,⁶ Leandro Cavalcante Lipinski,⁶ Giovani Marino Fávero,⁷ Andrea Pires dos Santos,⁸ Alexander Welker Biondo<sup>1,*

1</sup>Graduate College of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Coronel Francisco Heráclito dos Santos Avenue, 100, Curitiba, Paraná State, 81531-970, Brazil
²Animal Health Research and Development Center, Biological Institute, Conselheiro Rodrigues Alves Avenue, 1252, São Paulo, São Paulo State, 04014-002, Brazil
³Laboratory of Rabies and Viral Encephalitis, Animal Health Research and Development, Biological Institute, Conselheiro Rodrigues Alves Avenue, 1252, São Paulo, São Paulo State, 04014-002, Brazil
⁴Department of Veterinary Medicine, Federal University of Paraná State, Funcionários Street, 1540, Curitiba, Paraná State, 80035-050, Brazil
⁵São Paulo State Department of the Environment, Geraldo de Castro Andrade, 255, Campinas, São Paulo State, 13100-111, Brazil
⁶Department of Medicine, State University of Ponta Grossa, General Carlos Cavalcanti, 4748, Ponta Grossa, Paraná State, 84030-900, Brazil
⁷Department of General Biology, State University of Ponta Grossa, General Carlos Cavalcanti, 4748, Ponta Grossa, Paraná State, 84030-900, Brazil
⁸Department of Comparative Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, 725 Harrison Street, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2027, USA

^*Corresponding author (email: abiondo@ufpr.br)