About the Authors

Dangeruta Kersulyte

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Awdhesh Kalia

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Robert H. Gilman

Affiliations Departemento de Microbiologia, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Asociacion Benefica PRISMA, Lima, Peru, Department of International Health, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Melissa Mendez

Affiliations Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Departemento de Microbiologia, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Phabiola Herrera

Affiliation Departemento de Microbiologia, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Lilia Cabrera

Affiliation Asociacion Benefica PRISMA, Lima, Peru

Billie Velapatiño

Affiliations Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Departemento de Microbiologia, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Jacqueline Balqui

Affiliation Departemento de Microbiologia, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Freddy Paredes Puente de la Vega

Affiliation Centro de Salud, Kepashiato, Cusco, Peru

Carlos A. Rodriguez Ulloa

Affiliation Policlinico Peruano Japones, Lima, Peru

Jaime Cok

Affiliation Policlinico Peruano Japones, Lima, Peru

Catherine C. Hooper

Affiliation Departemento de Microbiologia, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Giedrius Dailide

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Sravya Tamma

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Douglas E. Berg

berg@borcim.wustl.edu

Affiliations Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Departments of Genetics and Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DK RHG DEB. Performed the experiments: DK MM BV GD. Analyzed the data: DK AK MM RHG CCH ST GD DEB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PH LC JB FPPV CARU JC RHG. Wrote the paper: DK DEB.