About the Authors

Lorena Martin-Jaular

Affiliation Poverty-Related Diseases, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research, Barcelona, Spain

Ernesto S. Nakayasu

Current address: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America

Affiliation The Border Biomedical Research Center, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States of America

Mireia Ferrer

Affiliation Poverty-Related Diseases, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research, Barcelona, Spain

Igor C. Almeida

Affiliation The Border Biomedical Research Center, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States of America

Hernando A. del Portillo

hernandoa.delportillo@cresib.cat

Affiliations Poverty-Related Diseases, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research, Barcelona, Spain, Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LMJ HAP. Performed the experiments: LMJ ESN MF. Analyzed the data: LMJ ESN ICA HAP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ESN ICA. Wrote the paper: LMJ HAP.