About the Authors

Paola Romina Amable

pramable@gmail.com

Affiliation Excellion Biomedical Services S.A., Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Marcus Vinicius Telles Teixeira

Affiliations Excellion Biomedical Services S.A., Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology, Xerém, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rosana Bizon Vieira Carias

Affiliations Excellion Biomedical Services S.A., Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology, Xerém, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

José Mauro Granjeiro

Affiliation National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology, Xerém, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Radovan Borojevic

Affiliations Excellion Biomedical Services S.A., Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology, Xerém, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Competing Interests

PRA, MVVT, RBVC and RB were employees at Excellion Biomedical Services S.A. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. Results reported here have no connections or influence on company 's products. The authors declare that no competing financial and/or private interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PRA MVTT RBVC JMG RB. Performed the experiments: PRA MVTT RBVC. Analyzed the data: PRA MVTT RB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMG RB. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: PRA MVTT RBVC JMG RB. Manipulated human samples: RBVC.