About the Authors

Cesar Miranda-Verastegui

Affiliation Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

GianFranco Tulliano

Affiliation Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Theresa W. Gyorkos

Affiliation Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada

Wessmark Calderon

Affiliation Social Security Hospital ESSALUD-Cusco, Lima, Peru

Elham Rahme

Affiliation Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada

Brian Ward

Affiliations Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Maria Cruz

Affiliation Social Security Hospital ESSALUD-Cusco, Lima, Peru

Alejandro Llanos-Cuentas

Affiliation Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Greg Matlashewski

greg.matlashewski@mcgill.ca

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CMV GT TWG WC ER BJW MC ALC GM. Performed the experiments: CMV GT WC MC. Analyzed the data: CMV TWG ER BJW ALC GM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ALC. Wrote the paper: TWG BJW GM.