About the Authors

José Manuel Tirado-Vélez

Affiliation Unidad de Investigación, Hospital Universitario Puerta del Mar, Cádiz, Spain

Insaf Joumady

Affiliation Clinical Laboratory Department, Hospital Universitario Puerta del Mar, Cádiz, Spain

Ana Sáez-Benito

Affiliation Clinical Laboratory Department, Hospital Universitario Puerta del Mar, Cádiz, Spain

Irene Cózar-Castellano

Affiliation Unidad de Investigación, Hospital Universitario Puerta del Mar, Cádiz, Spain

Germán Perdomo

perdomogm@yahoo.com

Affiliation Unidad de Investigación, Hospital Universitario Puerta del Mar, Cádiz, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following conflicts: The inventions are protected by Spanish patent applications #P201130569 and #P201130570. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GP IC JMTV IJ ASB. Performed the experiments: JMTV IJ ASB IC GP. Analyzed the data: JMTV IJ ASB IC GP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMTV IJ ASB IC GP. Wrote the paper: GP IC JMTV IJ ASB.