About the Authors

Gemma L. Chaloner

g.chaloner@liv.ac.uk

Affiliation Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Palmira Ventosilla

Affiliation Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander Von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Richard J. Birtles

Affiliations Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, School of Environment and Life Sciences, University of Salford, Salford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RJB GLC PV. Performed the experiments: GLC PV. Analyzed the data: RJB GLC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GLC RJB PV. Wrote the paper: GLC RJB.