About the Authors

Cristina Ochoa-Avilés

Contributed equally to this work with: Cristina Ochoa-Avilés, Diana Morillo, Claudia Rodas-Espinoza, Angélica Ochoa-Avilés

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

cristina.ochoaa@ucuenca.edu.ec

Affiliations Bioscience Department, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Cuenca, Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador, School of Medicine, International University of Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

Diana Morillo

Contributed equally to this work with: Cristina Ochoa-Avilés, Diana Morillo, Claudia Rodas-Espinoza, Angélica Ochoa-Avilés

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Bioscience Department, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Cuenca, Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador, School of Medicine, International University of Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

Alejandro Rodriguez

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Medicine, International University of Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

Philip John Cooper

Roles Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Medicine, International University of Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador, Institute of Infection and Immunity, St George’s University of London, London, United Kingdom

Susana Andrade

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bioscience Department, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Cuenca, Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador

María Molina

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Bioscience Department, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Cuenca, Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador, School of Medicine, International University of Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

Mayra Parra

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision

Affiliation Bioscience Department, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Cuenca, Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador

Andrea Parra-Ullauri

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization

Affiliation Faculty of Architecture, Arts and Design, Technological University of Indoamérica, Ambato, Tungurahua Ecuador

Danilo Mejía

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision

Affiliation Bioscience Department, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Cuenca, Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador

Alejandra Neira

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Bioscience Department, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Cuenca, Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador, Research Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Azuay, Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador

Claudia Rodas-Espinoza

Contributed equally to this work with: Cristina Ochoa-Avilés, Diana Morillo, Claudia Rodas-Espinoza, Angélica Ochoa-Avilés

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Research Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Azuay, Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador

Angélica Ochoa-Avilés

Contributed equally to this work with: Cristina Ochoa-Avilés, Diana Morillo, Claudia Rodas-Espinoza, Angélica Ochoa-Avilés

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bioscience Department, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Cuenca, Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exists.