About the Authors

Gurjinder Sandhu

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunity and Wellcome Trust Centre for Clinical Tropical Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Francesca Battaglia

Affiliation Division of Parasitology, Medical Research Council National Institute for Medical Research, London, United Kingdom

Barry K. Ely

Affiliation Division of Parasitology, Medical Research Council National Institute for Medical Research, London, United Kingdom

Dimitrios Athanasakis

Affiliation Division of Parasitology, Medical Research Council National Institute for Medical Research, London, United Kingdom

Rosario Montoya

Affiliation Associacion Benefica PRISMA, San Miguel Laboratorio de Investigacion de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Teresa Valencia

Affiliation Faculty of Science and Philosophy, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Robert H. Gilman

Affiliations Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Associacion Benefica PRISMA, San Miguel Laboratorio de Investigacion de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Faculty of Science and Philosophy, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Carlton A. Evans

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunity and Wellcome Trust Centre for Clinical Tropical Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Faculty of Science and Philosophy, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Jon S. Friedland

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunity and Wellcome Trust Centre for Clinical Tropical Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Delmiro Fernandez-Reyes

Contributed equally to this work with: Delmiro Fernandez-Reyes, Daniel D. Agranoff

dfernan@nimr.mrc.ac.uk (DF-R); d.agranoff@imperial.ac.uk (DDA)

Affiliation Division of Parasitology, Medical Research Council National Institute for Medical Research, London, United Kingdom

Daniel D. Agranoff

Contributed equally to this work with: Delmiro Fernandez-Reyes, Daniel D. Agranoff

dfernan@nimr.mrc.ac.uk (DF-R); d.agranoff@imperial.ac.uk (DDA)

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunity and Wellcome Trust Centre for Clinical Tropical Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DFR DDA. Performed the experiments: GS FB BKE. Analyzed the data: DFR DDA DA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RHG CAE JSF. Wrote the paper: DFR DDA JSF CAE RHG. Collected samples and clinical data: RM TV.