About the Authors

Ivette Buendía-Roldán

Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas, México City, México

Víctor Ruiz

Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas, México City, México

Patricia Sierra

Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas, México City, México

Eduardo Montes

Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas, México City, México

Remedios Ramírez

Affiliation Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México City, México

Anita Vega

Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas, México City, México

Alfonso Salgado

Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas, México City, México

Mario H. Vargas

Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas, México City, México

Mayra Mejía

Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas, México City, México

Annie Pardo

Affiliation Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México City, México

Moisés Selman

mselmanl@yahoo.com.mx

Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas, México City, México

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: IBR VR MS. Formal analysis: IBR VR AP MHV MS. Funding acquisition: VR MS. Investigation: PS EM RR AV AS AP. Methodology: IBR PS EM RR AV AS MM MHV. Project administration: IBR MS. Resources: VR MS. Writing – original draft: IBR MS. Writing – review & editing: IBR VR MS AP.