About the Authors
- Paul Andres Cardenas
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Affiliations National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Fundación Ecuatoriana para la Investigación en Salud FEPIS, Quinindé, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador, Institute of Microbiology, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador
- Philip J. Cooper
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Affiliations Fundación Ecuatoriana para la Investigación en Salud FEPIS, Quinindé, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador, Colegio de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Michael J. Cox
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Affiliation National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Martha Chico
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Affiliation Fundación Ecuatoriana para la Investigación en Salud FEPIS, Quinindé, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador
- Carlos Arias
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Affiliation Fundación Ecuatoriana para la Investigación en Salud FEPIS, Quinindé, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador
- Miriam F. Moffatt
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Contributed equally to this work with: Miriam F. Moffatt, William Osmond Cookson
Affiliation National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- William Osmond Cookson
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Contributed equally to this work with: Miriam F. Moffatt, William Osmond Cookson
* E-mail: w.cookson@imperial.ac.uk
Affiliation National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: PAC PJC MFM WOC. Performed the experiments: PAC. Analyzed the data: PAC MJC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PJC MFM WOC. Wrote the paper: PAC PJC MFM WOC. Samples collection: PCA MC CA.