About the Authors

Andres G. Lescano

Affiliations United States Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Public Health Training Program (AGL) and Virology Program (SMM), Lima, Perú, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of International Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, School of Public Health and Administration (AGL and SMM) and School of Sciences, Department of Microbiology (HHG, RHG), Lima, Perú

Hector H. Garcia

hgarcia@jhsph.edu

Affiliations Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of International Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, School of Public Health and Administration (AGL and SMM) and School of Sciences, Department of Microbiology (HHG, RHG), Lima, Perú, Instituto de Ciencias Neurológicas, Cysticercosis Unit, Lima, Perú

Robert H. Gilman

Affiliations Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of International Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, School of Public Health and Administration (AGL and SMM) and School of Sciences, Department of Microbiology (HHG, RHG), Lima, Perú, Asociación Benéfica PRISMA (Proyectos en Informatica, Salud, Medicina y Agricultura), Research Department, Lima, Perú

Cesar M. Gavidia

Affiliations Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of International Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, School of Veterinary Medicine, Lima, Perú

Victor C. W. Tsang

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

Silvia Rodriguez

Affiliation Instituto de Ciencias Neurológicas, Cysticercosis Unit, Lima, Perú

Lawrence H. Moulton

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

Manuel V. Villaran

Affiliation Instituto de Ciencias Neurológicas, Cysticercosis Unit, Lima, Perú

Silvia M. Montano

Affiliations United States Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Public Health Training Program (AGL) and Virology Program (SMM), Lima, Perú, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, School of Public Health and Administration (AGL and SMM) and School of Sciences, Department of Microbiology (HHG, RHG), Lima, Perú, Instituto de Ciencias Neurológicas, Cysticercosis Unit, Lima, Perú

Armando E. Gonzalez

Affiliations Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of International Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, School of Veterinary Medicine, Lima, Perú

and the Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HHG RHG CMG VCWT SR LHM AEG. Performed the experiments: AGL HHG RHG CMG VCWT SR SMM AEG. Analyzed the data: AGL LHM MVV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HHG RHG VCWT SR LHM AEG. Wrote the paper: AGL HHG RHG VCWT SR LHM MVV SMM AEG.