About the Authors
- Diana Mora-Obando
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Affiliation Instituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
- Julián Fernández
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Affiliation Instituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
- Cesare Montecucco
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
- José María Gutiérrez
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Affiliation Instituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
- Bruno Lomonte
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* E-mail: bruno.lomonte@ucr.ac.cr
Affiliation Instituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
Competing Interests
The authors have the following interests: Bruno Lomonte and Jose M. Gutierrez are PLOS ONE Editorial Board members. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria. Other than this, the authors declare that no conflicts of interest are related to this manuscript.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: BL DMO. Performed the experiments: DMO. Analyzed the data: DMO JF CM JMG BL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JF. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: BL JMG CM.