About the Authors

Eliana B. Marengo

Affiliation Immunochemistry Laboratory, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil

Luciana V. de Moraes

Affiliation Clinical Immunology Laboratory, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Marcella Faria

Affiliation Center for Applied Toxinology – CAT/CEPID, São Paulo, Brazil

Beatriz L. Fernandes

Affiliation Center for Applied Toxinology – CAT/CEPID, São Paulo, Brazil

Luciana V. Carvalho

Affiliation Immunochemistry Laboratory, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil

Denise V. Tambourgi

Affiliation Immunochemistry Laboratory, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil

Luiz V. Rizzo

Affiliation Clinical Immunology Laboratory, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Fernanda C. V. Portaro

Affiliation Immunochemistry Laboratory, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil

Antônio Carlos M. Camargo

Affiliation Center for Applied Toxinology – CAT/CEPID, São Paulo, Brazil

Osvaldo A. Sant'Anna

gbrazil@usp.br

Affiliation Immunochemistry Laboratory, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EBM LVM FCVP OAS. Performed the experiments: EBM LVM LVC OAS. Analyzed the data: EBM LVM MF BLF DVT OAS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LVM DVT LVR FCVP ACMC OAS. Wrote the paper: EBM LVM BLF DVT LVR FCVP ACMC OAS.