About the Authors
- Raaj S. Mehta
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Affiliation Laboratorio de Investigaciones, Fundacion Ecuatoriana Para la Investigacion en Salud (FEPIS), Quinindé, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador
- Alejandro Rodriguez
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Affiliation Laboratorio de Investigaciones, Fundacion Ecuatoriana Para la Investigacion en Salud (FEPIS), Quinindé, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador
- Martha Chico
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Affiliations Laboratorio de Investigaciones, Fundacion Ecuatoriana Para la Investigacion en Salud (FEPIS), Quinindé, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador, Hospital “Padre Alberto Buffoni,” Quinindé, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador
- Irene Guadalupe
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Affiliations Laboratorio de Investigaciones, Fundacion Ecuatoriana Para la Investigacion en Salud (FEPIS), Quinindé, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador, Hospital “Padre Alberto Buffoni,” Quinindé, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador
- Nely Broncano
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Affiliations Laboratorio de Investigaciones, Fundacion Ecuatoriana Para la Investigacion en Salud (FEPIS), Quinindé, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador, Hospital “Padre Alberto Buffoni,” Quinindé, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador
- Carlos Sandoval
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Affiliations Laboratorio de Investigaciones, Fundacion Ecuatoriana Para la Investigacion en Salud (FEPIS), Quinindé, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador, Hospital “Padre Alberto Buffoni,” Quinindé, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador
- Fernanda Tupiza
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Affiliations Laboratorio de Investigaciones, Fundacion Ecuatoriana Para la Investigacion en Salud (FEPIS), Quinindé, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador, Colegio de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador
- Edward Mitre
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Affiliation Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Philip J. Cooper
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* E-mail: P.J.Cooper@liv.ac.uk
Affiliations Laboratorio de Investigaciones, Fundacion Ecuatoriana Para la Investigacion en Salud (FEPIS), Quinindé, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador, Hospital “Padre Alberto Buffoni,” Quinindé, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador, Colegio de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador, Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: PJC RSM MC. Performed the experiments: IG NB CS FT. Analyzed the data: RSM AR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EM. Wrote the paper: RSM PJC. Supervised the experiments: PJC MC.