About the Authors

Larissa Otero

larissaotero@gmail.com

Affiliation Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Fiorella Krapp

Affiliation Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Cristina Tomatis

Affiliation Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Carlos Zamudio

Affiliation Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Francine Matthys

Affiliation Epidemiology and Disease Control Section, Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Eduardo Gotuzzo

Affiliation Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Patrick Van der Stuyft

Affiliation Epidemiology and Disease Control Section, Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Carlos Seas

Affiliation Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LO FK CT FM EG CS. Performed the experiments: LO FK CT CZ FM PVDS CS. Analyzed the data: LO FK CT CZ FM PVDS CS. Wrote the paper: LO FK CT CZ FM EG PVDS CS.