About the Authors

Isadora Maria Villas-Boas

Affiliation Immunochemistry Laboratory, Butantan Institute, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Rute Maria Gonçalves-de-Andrade

Affiliation Immunochemistry Laboratory, Butantan Institute, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Carla Cristina Squaiella-Baptistão

Affiliation Immunochemistry Laboratory, Butantan Institute, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Osvaldo Augusto Sant'Anna

Affiliation Immunochemistry Laboratory, Butantan Institute, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Denise V. Tambourgi

denise.tambourgi@butantan.gov.br

Affiliation Immunochemistry Laboratory, Butantan Institute, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IVB RMGA CCSB DVT. Performed the experiments: IVB RMGA CCSB. Analyzed the data: IVB CCSB OAS DVT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RMGA DVT. Wrote the paper: IVB RMGA CCSB OAS DVT.