About the Authors

Ben Lopman

blopman@cdc.gov

Affiliation Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Yosselin Vicuña

Affiliations Fundación Ecuatoriana Para Investigación en Salud, Quinindé, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador, Universidad de San Francisco de Quito; Quito, Ecuador

Fabian Salazar

Affiliation Universidad de San Francisco de Quito; Quito, Ecuador

Nely Broncano

Affiliation Universidad de San Francisco de Quito; Quito, Ecuador

Matthew D. Esona

Affiliation Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Carlos Sandoval

Affiliation Universidad de San Francisco de Quito; Quito, Ecuador

Nicole Gregoricus

Affiliation Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Michael D. Bowen

Affiliation Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Daniel Payne

Affiliation Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Martiza Vaca

Affiliation Universidad de San Francisco de Quito; Quito, Ecuador

Martha Chico

Affiliation Universidad de San Francisco de Quito; Quito, Ecuador

Umesh Parashar

Affiliation Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Philip J. Cooper

Affiliations Fundación Ecuatoriana Para Investigación en Salud, Quinindé, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador, Universidad de San Francisco de Quito; Quito, Ecuador, Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine; Liverpool, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BL DP MC UP PJC. Performed the experiments: YV FS NB MDE CS NG MV MC. Analyzed the data: BL YV MDE NG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BL MDE NG MDB. Wrote the paper: BL MDE DP UP PJC.