About the Authors

Francisca Gomez

Contributed equally to this work with: Francisca Gomez, Ana Aranda

Affiliation Allergy Service, IBIMA, Regional University Hospital of Malaga, UMA, Malaga, Spain

Ana Aranda

Contributed equally to this work with: Francisca Gomez, Ana Aranda

Affiliation Research Laboratory, IBIMA, Regional University Hospital of Malaga, UMA, Malaga, Spain

Paloma Campo

Affiliation Allergy Service, IBIMA, Regional University Hospital of Malaga, UMA, Malaga, Spain

Araceli Diaz-Perales

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

Natalia Blanca-Lopez

Affiliation Allergy Service, Infanta Leonor Hospital, Madrid, Spain

James Perkins

Affiliation Research Laboratory, IBIMA, Regional University Hospital of Malaga, UMA, Malaga, Spain

Maria Garrido

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

Miguel Blanca

Affiliation Allergy Service, IBIMA, Regional University Hospital of Malaga, UMA, Malaga, Spain

Cristobalina Mayorga

These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Allergy Service, IBIMA, Regional University Hospital of Malaga, UMA, Malaga, Spain, Research Laboratory, IBIMA, Regional University Hospital of Malaga, UMA, Malaga, Spain

Maria José Torres

mjtorresj@gmail.com

These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Allergy Service, IBIMA, Regional University Hospital of Malaga, UMA, Malaga, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJT CM MB. Performed the experiments: AA CM ADP MG. Analyzed the data: AA CM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJT CM MB. Wrote the paper: MJT FG AA CM. Collected patients' sera: MJT FG NBL PC MB. Corrected the manuscript and suggested important contributions to define the final version: MJT CM JP MB.