About the Authors

Adrian V. Hernandez

adrianhernandezdiaz@gmail.com

Affiliations Health Outcomes and Clinical Epidemiology Section, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Postgraduate School, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), Lima, Peru

Vinay Pasupuleti

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Abhishek Deshpande

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Priyaleela Thota

Affiliation Health Outcomes and Clinical Epidemiology Section, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Jaime A. Collins

Affiliation HIV/AIDS Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Guillermo Almenara General Hospital, EsSalud, Lima, Peru

Jose E. Vidal

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Emilio Ribas Institute of Infectious Diseases, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

Adrian V. Hernandez is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Critical revision of the manuscript for intellectual content: AVH VP AD PT JAC JEV. Conceived and designed the experiments: AVH JEV. Performed the experiments: VP AD PT AVH. Analyzed the data: VP AD AVH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AVH. Wrote the paper: AVH VP.