About the Authors

Sofía Ocaña-Mayorga

Affiliation Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

Martin S. Llewellyn

Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kindom

Jaime A. Costales

Affiliation Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

Michael A. Miles

Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kindom

Mario J. Grijalva

grijalva@ohio.edu

Affiliations Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador, Biomedical Sciences Department, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Tropical Disease Institute, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SOM MJG. Performed the experiments: SOM MSL MJG. Analyzed the data: SOM MSL JAC MJG. Wrote the paper: SOM MSL JAC MAM MJG.