About the Authors

Daniela Tiemi Myamoto

Affiliation Immunochemistry Laboratory, Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil

Giselle Pidde-Queiroz

Affiliation Immunochemistry Laboratory, Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil

Rute Maria Gonçalves-de-Andrade

Affiliation Immunochemistry Laboratory, Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil

Aurélio Pedroso

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: DTM GPQ DVT. Performed the experiments: DTM GPQ. Analyzed the data: DTM GPQ AP CWvdB DVT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RMGA DVT. Wrote the paper: DTM GPQ CWvdB DVT.