About the Authors

Ana Aranda

Affiliation Allergy Research Laboratory, Carlos Haya Hospital, Málaga, Spain

Paloma Campo

campomozo@yahoo.com

Affiliation Unidad de Gestión Clínica Allergy, Carlos Haya Hospital, Málaga, Spain

Arantxa Palacin

Affiliation Biotechnology Department, Center for Plant Biotechnology and Genomics, Pozuelo de Alarcon, Madrid, Spain

Inmaculada Doña

Affiliation Unidad de Gestión Clínica Allergy, Carlos Haya Hospital, Málaga, Spain

Cristina Gomez-Casado

Affiliation Biotechnology Department, Center for Plant Biotechnology and Genomics, Pozuelo de Alarcon, Madrid, Spain

Luisa Galindo

Affiliation Unidad de Gestión Clínica Allergy, Carlos Haya Hospital, Málaga, Spain

Araceli Díaz-Perales

Affiliation Biotechnology Department, Center for Plant Biotechnology and Genomics, Pozuelo de Alarcon, Madrid, Spain

Miguel Blanca

Affiliation Unidad de Gestión Clínica Allergy, Carlos Haya Hospital, Málaga, Spain

Competing Interests

None of the authors has any conflict of interest, nor have they received any money from a biotechnology and/or pharmaceutical manufacturer for the present study.

Author Contributions

Designed and coordinated the study and the protocol to collect sera: PC AD-P MB. Corrected the manuscript and suggested important contributions to define the final version: PC AD-P MB. Carried out the allergen purification: AA AP CG-C. Collected patients' sera and performed challenge tests: PC ID LG. Performed the experiments: AA AP CG-C. Analyzed the data: AA AP CG-C. Wrote the paper: AA PC AD-P.