About the Authors

Adriano P. Araujo

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

Affiliation Laboratório de Bacteriologia, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil

Gabriela B. C. Colichio

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil

Affiliation Laboratório de Bacteriologia, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil

Maria Leonor S. Oliveira

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratório de Bacteriologia, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil

Esther German

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Elissavet Nikolaou

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Tao Chen

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Hugh Adler

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Daniela M. Ferreira

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Eliane N. Miyaji

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

eliane.miyaji@butantan.gov.br

Affiliation Laboratório de Bacteriologia, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

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