About the Authors

Alexandre Guimarães Vasconcellos

Affiliation National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Carlos Medicis Morel

morel@cdts.fiocruz.br

Affiliation National Institute for Science and Technology on Innovation on Neglected Diseases (INCT/IDN), Center for Technological Development in Health (CDTS), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AGV CMM. Performed the experiments: AGV CMM. Analyzed the data: AGV CMM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AGV CMM. Wrote the paper: AGV CMM.