About the Authors
- Michael A. Matthias
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Contributed equally to this work with: Michael A. Matthias, Jessica N. Ricaldi
Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Jessica N. Ricaldi
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Contributed equally to this work with: Michael A. Matthias, Jessica N. Ricaldi
Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Alexander von Humboldt Institute of Tropical Medicine, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
- Manuel Cespedes
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Affiliation Leptospirosis Reference Laboratory, National Institute of Health, Lima, Peru
- M. Monica Diaz
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Affiliation CONICET (Consejo de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas) and PIDBA (Programa de Investigaciones de Biodiversidad Argentina), Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina
- Renee L. Galloway
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Affiliation Leptospirosis Laboratory, Meningitis and Special Pathogens Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Mayuko Saito
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Affiliation Asociacion Benefica PRISMA, Lima, Peru
- Arnold G. Steigerwalt
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Affiliation Leptospirosis Laboratory, Meningitis and Special Pathogens Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Kailash P. Patra
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Carlos Vidal Ore
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Affiliation Directorate of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Loreto Department, Iquitos, Peru
- Eduardo Gotuzzo
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Affiliation Alexander von Humboldt Institute of Tropical Medicine, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
- Robert H. Gilman
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Affiliation Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Paul N. Levett
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* E-mail: plevett@health.gov.sk.ca (PNL); jvinetz@ucsd.edu (JMV)
Affiliation Saskatchewan Disease Control Laboratory, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Joseph M. Vinetz
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* E-mail: plevett@health.gov.sk.ca (PNL); jvinetz@ucsd.edu (JMV)
Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MM JR MC MD RLG KP CV EG RHG JV. Performed the experiments: MM JR MC MD RLG AS KP RG. Analyzed the data: MM JR MC MD RLG MS AS KP CV EG RHG PL JV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MM JR MC MD RLG AS KP JV. Wrote the paper: MM JR MD RLG MS KP EG RHG PL JV.