About the Authors

Maria Leonor S. Oliveira

Contributed equally to this work with: Maria Leonor S. Oliveira, Eliane N. Miyaji

hoplee@butantan.gov.br (PLH); mloliveira@butantan.gov.br (MLSO)

Affiliation Centro de Biotecnologia, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Eliane N. Miyaji

Contributed equally to this work with: Maria Leonor S. Oliveira, Eliane N. Miyaji

Affiliation Centro de Biotecnologia, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Daniela M. Ferreira

Current address: Respiratory Infection Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Affiliation Centro de Biotecnologia, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Adriana T. Moreno

Affiliation Centro de Biotecnologia, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Patricia C. D. Ferreira

Affiliation Centro de Biotecnologia, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Fernanda A. Lima

Affiliation Centro de Biotecnologia, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Fernanda L. Santos

Affiliation Divisão Bioindustrial, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Maria Aparecida Sakauchi

Affiliation Divisão Bioindustrial, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Célia S. Takata

Affiliation Divisão Bioindustrial, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Hisako G. Higashi

Affiliation Divisão Bioindustrial, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Isaías Raw

Affiliation Centro de Biotecnologia, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Flavia S. Kubrusly

Affiliation Centro de Biotecnologia, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Paulo L. Ho

hoplee@butantan.gov.br (PLH); mloliveira@butantan.gov.br (MLSO)

Affiliation Centro de Biotecnologia, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MLSO ENM DMF IR FSK PLH. Performed the experiments: MLSO ENM DMF ATM PCDF FAL. Analyzed the data: MLSO ENM DMF PLH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FLS MAS CST HGH FSK. Wrote the paper: MLSO ENM PLH.