About the Authors

Rafael J. Argüello

Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Parasitología “Dr. Mario Fatala Chaben”, Buenos Aires, Argentina

María C. Albareda

Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Parasitología “Dr. Mario Fatala Chaben”, Buenos Aires, Argentina

María G. Alvarez

Affiliation Chagas Disease Section, Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos “Eva Perón, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Graciela Bertocchi

Affiliation Chagas Disease Section, Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos “Eva Perón, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Alejandro H. Armenti

Affiliation Chagas Disease Section, Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos “Eva Perón, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Carlos Vigliano

Affiliation Departamento de Patología, Hospital Universitario Fundación Favaloro, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Patricia C. Meckert

Affiliation Departamento de Patología, Hospital Universitario Fundación Favaloro, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Rick L. Tarleton

Affiliation Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Susana A. Laucella

slaucella@yahoo.com

Affiliations Instituto Nacional de Parasitología “Dr. Mario Fatala Chaben”, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Chagas Disease Section, Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos “Eva Perón, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SAL RJA CAV MCA MGA. Performed the experiments: RJA CAV MCA PCM. Analyzed the data: RJA SAL MCA . Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GLB AHA MGA. Wrote the paper: SAL RJA RLT.