About the Authors

Marta Díaz-Menéndez

Affiliation Tropical Medicine and Clinical Parasitology, Infectious Diseases Department, Ramón y Cajal Hospital, Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS), Madrid, Spain

José Antonio Pérez-Molina

Affiliation Tropical Medicine and Clinical Parasitology, Infectious Diseases Department, Ramón y Cajal Hospital, Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS), Madrid, Spain

Francesca Florence Norman

Affiliation Tropical Medicine and Clinical Parasitology, Infectious Diseases Department, Ramón y Cajal Hospital, Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS), Madrid, Spain

Ana Pérez-Ayala

Affiliation Tropical Medicine and Clinical Parasitology, Infectious Diseases Department, Ramón y Cajal Hospital, Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS), Madrid, Spain

Begoña Monge-Maillo

Affiliation Tropical Medicine and Clinical Parasitology, Infectious Diseases Department, Ramón y Cajal Hospital, Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS), Madrid, Spain

Pilar Zamarrón Fuertes

Affiliation Tropical Medicine and Clinical Parasitology, Infectious Diseases Department, Ramón y Cajal Hospital, Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS), Madrid, Spain

Rogelio López-Vélez

rlopezvelez.hrc@salud.madrid.org

Affiliation Tropical Medicine and Clinical Parasitology, Infectious Diseases Department, Ramón y Cajal Hospital, Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS), Madrid, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MD-M JAP-M RL-V. Performed the experiments: MD-M JAP-M RL-V. Analyzed the data: MD-M JAP-M RL-V. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MD-M JAP-M RL-V. Wrote the paper: MD-M JAP-M FFN AP-A BM-M PZF RL-V.