About the Authors

Alessandra Soares-Schanoski

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

Affiliation Bacteriology Laboratory, Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil

Natália Baptista Cruz

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analyses, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Luíza Antunes de Castro-Jorge

Roles Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Departamento de Biologia Celular, Molecular e Bioagentes Patogênicos, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

Renan Villanova Homem de Carvalho

Roles Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Departamento de Biologia Celular, Molecular e Bioagentes Patogênicos, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

Cliomar Alves dos Santos

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Health Foundation Parreiras Horta, Central Laboratory of Public Health (LACEN/SE), State Secretary for Health, Sergipe, Brazil

Nancy da Rós

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Special Laboratory for Applied Toxinology, Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil

Úrsula Oliveira

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Special Laboratory for Applied Toxinology, Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil

Danuza Duarte Costa

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Health Foundation Parreiras Horta, Central Laboratory of Public Health (LACEN/SE), State Secretary for Health, Sergipe, Brazil

Cecília Luíza Simões dos Santos

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Respiratory Diseases Division, Virology Center, Adolfo Lutz Institute, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Marielton dos Passos Cunha

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Evolution and Bioinformatics, Department of Microbiology, Biomedical Sciences Institute, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Maria Leonor Sarno Oliveira

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Bacteriology Laboratory, Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil

Juliana Cardoso Alves

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Division of Immunology and Molecular Biology Laboratory, University Hospital/EBSERH, Federal University of Sergipe, Sergipe, Brazil

Regina Adalva de Lucena Couto Océa

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Division of Immunology and Molecular Biology Laboratory, University Hospital/EBSERH, Federal University of Sergipe, Sergipe, Brazil

Danielle Rodrigues Ribeiro

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Division of Immunology and Molecular Biology Laboratory, University Hospital/EBSERH, Federal University of Sergipe, Sergipe, Brazil

André Nicolau Aquime Gonçalves

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analyses, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Patricia Gonzalez-Dias

Roles Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analyses, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Andreas Suhrbier

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Paolo Marinho de Andrade Zanotto

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Evolution and Bioinformatics, Department of Microbiology, Biomedical Sciences Institute, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Inácio Junqueira de Azevedo

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Special Laboratory for Applied Toxinology, Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil

Dario S. Zamboni

Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Departamento de Biologia Celular, Molecular e Bioagentes Patogênicos, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

Roque Pacheco Almeida

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Division of Immunology and Molecular Biology Laboratory, University Hospital/EBSERH, Federal University of Sergipe, Sergipe, Brazil

Paulo Lee Ho

Roles Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Bacteriology Service, Bioindustrial Division, Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil

Jorge Kalil

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Heart Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Milton Yutaka Nishiyama Junior

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Special Laboratory for Applied Toxinology, Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil

Helder I. Nakaya

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

hnakaya@usp.br

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analyses, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.