About the Authors

Dawn M. Roellig

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

Luis A. Gomez-Puerta

Affiliation Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru

Daniel G. Mead

Affiliation Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Jesus Pinto

Affiliation Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima Peru

Jenny Ancca-Juarez

Affiliation Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima Peru

Maritza Calderon

Affiliation Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima Peru

Caryn Bern

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

Robert H. Gilman

Affiliation Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Vitaliano A. Cama

vec5@cdc.gov

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

the Chagas Disease Workgroup in Arequipa

Membership of the Chagas Disease Workgroup in Arequipa is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VAC DMR DGM. Performed the experiments: DMR VAC LAG. Analyzed the data: DMR VAC CB RHG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JP MC JA RHG. Wrote the paper: DMR VAC.