About the Authors

Tanilu Grande

Affiliation Institute of Ttropical Medicine - Alexander von Humboldt (ITM-AvH), Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Andrea Bernasconi

Affiliation Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Annette Erhart

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: aerhart@itg.be

Affiliation Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Dioni Gamboa

Affiliation Institute of Ttropical Medicine - Alexander von Humboldt (ITM-AvH), Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Martin Casapia

Affiliation Dirección Regional de Salud Loreto, Ministerio de Salud del Peru, Lima, Peru

Christopher Delgado

Affiliation Institute of Ttropical Medicine - Alexander von Humboldt (ITM-AvH), Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Kathy Torres

Affiliation Institute of Ttropical Medicine - Alexander von Humboldt (ITM-AvH), Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Caterina Fanello

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

Alejandro Llanos-Cuentas

Affiliation Institute of Ttropical Medicine - Alexander von Humboldt (ITM-AvH), Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Umberto D'Alessandro

Affiliation Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: UD DG AL. Performed the experiments: TG AB CD KT DG. Analyzed the data: AE TG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CF MC. Wrote the paper: UD AE.