About the Authors

Alejandro J. Krolewiecki

alekrol@hotmail.com

Affiliations Instituto de Investigaciones en Enfermedades Tropicales - Universidad Nacional de Salta, Oran, Argentina, Instituto de Patología Experimental/CONICET, Salta, Argentina

Patrick Lammie

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

Julie Jacobson

Affiliation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Albis-Francesco Gabrielli

Affiliation Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Bruno Levecke

Affiliation Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

Eugenia Socias

Affiliation Fundación Mundo Sano, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Luis M. Arias

Affiliation Ministerio de Salud Pública de la Provincia de Salta, Salta, Argentina

Nicanor Sosa

Affiliation Ministerio de Salud Pública de la Provincia de Salta, Salta, Argentina

David Abraham

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Ruben Cimino

Affiliation Instituto de Investigaciones en Enfermedades Tropicales - Universidad Nacional de Salta, Oran, Argentina

Adriana Echazú

Affiliation Instituto de Investigaciones en Enfermedades Tropicales - Universidad Nacional de Salta, Oran, Argentina

Favio Crudo

Affiliation Subsecretaría de Salud, Municipalidad de Zárate, Zárate, Argentina

Jozef Vercruysse

Affiliation Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

Marco Albonico

Affiliations Centre for Tropical Diseases, Sacro Cuore Hospital, Negrar, Italy, Ivo de Carneri Foundation (IdCF), Milan, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.