About the Authors

Shruti Bansal

Contributed equally to this work with: Shruti Bansal, Colleen B. Jonsson, Shannon L. Taylor, Juan Manuel Figueroa, Andrea Vanesa Dugour, Carlos Palacios

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

Affiliation Regional Biocontainment Laboratory, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Colleen B. Jonsson

Contributed equally to this work with: Shruti Bansal, Colleen B. Jonsson, Shannon L. Taylor, Juan Manuel Figueroa, Andrea Vanesa Dugour, Carlos Palacios

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Shannon L. Taylor

Contributed equally to this work with: Shruti Bansal, Colleen B. Jonsson, Shannon L. Taylor, Juan Manuel Figueroa, Andrea Vanesa Dugour, Carlos Palacios

Roles Formal analysis, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation LogixBio, Holly Springs, North Carolina, United States of America

Juan Manuel Figueroa

Contributed equally to this work with: Shruti Bansal, Colleen B. Jonsson, Shannon L. Taylor, Juan Manuel Figueroa, Andrea Vanesa Dugour, Carlos Palacios

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Respiratory Research Group, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología Dr. César Milstein—(Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas CONICET- Fundación Pablo Cassará), Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Andrea Vanesa Dugour

Contributed equally to this work with: Shruti Bansal, Colleen B. Jonsson, Shannon L. Taylor, Juan Manuel Figueroa, Andrea Vanesa Dugour, Carlos Palacios

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Respiratory Research Group, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología Dr. César Milstein—(Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas CONICET- Fundación Pablo Cassará), Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Carlos Palacios

Contributed equally to this work with: Shruti Bansal, Colleen B. Jonsson, Shannon L. Taylor, Juan Manuel Figueroa, Andrea Vanesa Dugour, Carlos Palacios

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Respiratory Research Group, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología Dr. César Milstein—(Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas CONICET- Fundación Pablo Cassará), Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Julio César Vega

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

julio.vega@amcytepharma.com

Affiliation Department of Research and Development, Amcyte Pharma Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: I have a commercial affiliation to Laboratorio Pablo Cassará S.R.L, who provided the formulations for the study and to Amcyte Pharma Inc.. This submission is related to US Patent No. 11.013.687 “PREVENTIVE AND THERAPEUTIC TREATMENT FOR COVID 19 AND ANY OTHER DISEASE CAUSED BY SARS COV 2”, whose inventor is Julio César Vega. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE’s policies on sharing data and materials.