About the Authors

Stacy Zamudio

Stacy.Zamudio@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry-New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Tatiana Torricos

Affiliations Hospital Hernandez Vera, Villa Primer de Mayo, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Instituto Boliviano de Biología de Altura, Universidad de San Andreas Mayor, La Paz, Bolivia

Ewa Fik

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics Gynecology and Women's Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry-New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Maria Oyala

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics Gynecology and Women's Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry-New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Lourdes Echalar

Affiliation Instituto Boliviano de Biología de Altura, Universidad de San Andreas Mayor, La Paz, Bolivia

Janet Pullockaran

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics Gynecology and Women's Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry-New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Emily Tutino

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics Gynecology and Women's Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry-New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Brittney Martin

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics Gynecology and Women's Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry-New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Sonia Belliappa

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics Gynecology and Women's Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry-New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Elfride Balanza

Affiliation Instituto Boliviano de Biología de Altura, Universidad de San Andreas Mayor, La Paz, Bolivia

Nicholas P. Illsley

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics Gynecology and Women's Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry-New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SZ TT NPI. Performed the experiments: SZ TT EF MO LE JP ET BM SB EB NPI. Analyzed the data: SZ EF LE JP SB NPI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SZ TT LE EB NPI. Wrote the paper: SZ NPI.