1Biotechnology Program, Department of Food and Biotechnology Science and Engineering, Universidad Técnica de Ambato, Ambato, Ecuador
2Clínica Santa Ana, Cuenca, Ecuador
3Departamento de Ciencias Exactas Sede Latacunga, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Rumiñahui, Ecuador
4Hospital de Especialidades José Carrasco Arteaga, Instituto Ecuatoriano de Seguridad Social (IESS), Cuenca, Ecuador
5UTA-RAM-One Health, Group for Universal Advance in Bioscience, Department of Food and Biotechnology Science and Engineering, Universidad Técnica de Ambato, Ambato, Ecuador
*Correspondence: William Calero-Cáceres, wr.calero@uta.edu.ec
†These authors share first-authorship
Roles
Paulina Topa-Pila: Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Katheryne Y Morales: Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Doménica P Palacios-Mora: Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Cristina Flores-Hernández: Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Analía Altamirano-Cisneros: Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Joselyn Micaela Gavilanes: Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Keyla Villacís-López: Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Mirari Arancibia: Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Johanna Mora-Domínguez: Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
William Calero-Cáceres: Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
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