About the Authors

Aarón Gómez

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica

Andrés Sánchez

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica

Gina Durán

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica

Daniel Cordero

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica

Álvaro Segura

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica

Mariángela Vargas

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica

Daniela Solano

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica

María Herrera

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica

Stephanie Chaves-Araya

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica

Mauren Villalta

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica

Melvin Sánchez

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica

Mauricio Arguedas

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica

Cecilia Díaz

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica

José María Gutiérrez

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica

Guillermo León

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

guillermo.leon@ucr.ac.cr

Affiliation Instituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica

Competing Interests

We have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: The authors work at Instituto Clodomiro Picado, where an antivenom for use in sub-Saharan Africa is manufactured.