About the Authors

Guillermo Comach

gcomach@yahoo.com

Affiliation Laboratorio Regional de Diagnostico e Investigacion del Dengue y otras Enfermedades Virales (LARDIDEV), Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas de la Universidad de Carabobo (BIOMED-UC), Maracay, Venezuela

Nimfa Teneza-Mora

Affiliation Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Tadeusz J. Kochel

Affiliations Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America, U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit Six (NAMRU-6), Lima, Peru

Carlos Espino

Affiliation Laboratorio Regional de Diagnostico e Investigacion del Dengue y otras Enfermedades Virales (LARDIDEV), Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas de la Universidad de Carabobo (BIOMED-UC), Maracay, Venezuela

Gloria Sierra

Affiliation Laboratorio Regional de Diagnostico e Investigacion del Dengue y otras Enfermedades Virales (LARDIDEV), Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas de la Universidad de Carabobo (BIOMED-UC), Maracay, Venezuela

Daria E. Camacho

Affiliation Laboratorio Regional de Diagnostico e Investigacion del Dengue y otras Enfermedades Virales (LARDIDEV), Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas de la Universidad de Carabobo (BIOMED-UC), Maracay, Venezuela

V. Alberto Laguna-Torres

Affiliation U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit Six (NAMRU-6), Lima, Peru

Josefina Garcia

Affiliation U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit Six (NAMRU-6), Lima, Peru

Gloria Chauca

Affiliation U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit Six (NAMRU-6), Lima, Peru

Maria E. Gamero

Affiliation U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit Six (NAMRU-6), Lima, Peru

Merly Sovero

Affiliation U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit Six (NAMRU-6), Lima, Peru

Slave Bordones

Affiliation Hospital José María Carabaño Tosta, Instituto Venezolano de los Seguros Sociales, Maracay, Venezuela

Iris Villalobos

Affiliation Hospital Central de Maracay, Corporación de Salud de Aragua (CORPOSALUD ARAGUA), Maracay, Venezuela

Angel Melchor

Affiliation Dirección de Epidemiología, Corporación de Salud de Aragua (CORPOSALUD ARAGUA), Maracay, Venezuela

Eric S. Halsey

Affiliation U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit Six (NAMRU-6), Lima, Peru

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: G. Comach TJK VALT. Performed the experiments: DEC G. Chauca MEG MS. Analyzed the data: G. Comach NTM TJK CE VALT JG ESH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: G. Comach TJK GS DEC G. Chauca MEG MS SB IV AM. Wrote the paper: G. Comach NTM TJK CE GS DEC VALT JG ESH. Revised the article critically for important intellectual content: TJK CE GS DEC VALT JG EHS SB IV AM.