About the Authors

Mara A. Corrêa

Affiliation Immunochemistry Laboratory, Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil

Cinthya K. Okamoto

Affiliation Immunochemistry Laboratory, Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil

Rute M. Gonçalves-de-Andrade

Affiliation Immunochemistry Laboratory, Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil

Carmen W. van den Berg

Affiliation Institute of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Denise V. Tambourgi

denise.tambourgi@butantan.gov.br

Affiliation Immunochemistry Laboratory, Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAC DVT. Performed the experiments: MAC CKO. Analyzed the data: MAC CWB DVT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RMG DVT. Wrote the paper: MAC CWB DVT.