EEF1A1 and infection: Previous proteomic analyses performed by our research group (Retana Moreira et al., 2022) demonstrated the presence of components of the plasma membrane and cytoskeleton in these bands, as well as some virulence factors reported in infections with this and other species of parasites, that can eventually activate or modulate the immune response, such as leucine aminopeptidase and elongation factor 1-alpha (eeEF1-α), the latter an important factor for immunosuppression and priming of host cells for Leishmania invasion (Silverman and Reiner, 2011; Vyas et al., 2014; Timm et al., 2017).