About the Authors

David G. Addiss

daddiss@fetzer.org

Affiliations Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Fetzer Institute, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States of America

Jacky Louis-Charles

Affiliation Hôpital Ste. Croix, Leogane, Haiti

Jacquelin Roberts

Affiliation Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Frederic LeConte

Affiliation Hôpital Ste. Croix, Leogane, Haiti

Joyanna M. Wendt

Affiliation Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Marie Denise Milord

Affiliation Hôpital Ste. Croix, Leogane, Haiti

Patrick J. Lammie

Affiliation Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Gerusa Dreyer

Affiliation Non-governmental Organization Amaury Coutinho, Recife, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DGA PJL. Performed the experiments: DGA JLC FL JMW MDM GD. Analyzed the data: DGA JR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DGA JLC JR PJL GD. Wrote the paper: DGA JR.