About the Authors
- Ana Lucia Moncayo
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Affiliations Instituto de Microbiologia, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Diego Robles y Via Interoceanica S/N, Cumbaya, Quito, Ecuador, Instituto de Saude Colectiva, Universidad Federal da Bahia, Rua Basílio da Gama, s/n - Campus Universitário Canela, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
- Maritza Vaca
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Affiliation Instituto de Microbiologia, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Diego Robles y Via Interoceanica S/N, Cumbaya, Quito, Ecuador
- Leila Amorim
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Affiliations Instituto de Saude Colectiva, Universidad Federal da Bahia, Rua Basílio da Gama, s/n - Campus Universitário Canela, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, Instituto de Matemática, Universidad Federal da Bahia, Instituto de Matemática - Campus de Ondina, Ondina, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
- Alejandro Rodriguez
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Affiliations Instituto de Microbiologia, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Diego Robles y Via Interoceanica S/N, Cumbaya, Quito, Ecuador, Instituto de Saude Colectiva, Universidad Federal da Bahia, Rua Basílio da Gama, s/n - Campus Universitário Canela, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
- Silvia Erazo
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Affiliation Instituto de Microbiologia, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Diego Robles y Via Interoceanica S/N, Cumbaya, Quito, Ecuador
- Gisela Oviedo
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Affiliation Instituto de Microbiologia, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Diego Robles y Via Interoceanica S/N, Cumbaya, Quito, Ecuador
- Isabel Quinzo
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Affiliation Instituto de Microbiologia, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Diego Robles y Via Interoceanica S/N, Cumbaya, Quito, Ecuador
- Margarita Padilla
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Affiliation Programa Nacional de Eliminacion de Oncocercosis del Ecuador, SNEM, Guayaquil, Ecuador
- Martha Chico
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Affiliation Instituto de Microbiologia, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Diego Robles y Via Interoceanica S/N, Cumbaya, Quito, Ecuador
- Raquel Lovato
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Affiliation Programa Nacional de Eliminacion de Oncocercosis del Ecuador, SNEM, Guayaquil, Ecuador
- Eduardo Gomez
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Affiliation Programa Nacional de Eliminacion de Oncocercosis del Ecuador, SNEM, Guayaquil, Ecuador
- Mauricio L. Barreto
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Affiliation Instituto de Saude Colectiva, Universidad Federal da Bahia, Rua Basílio da Gama, s/n - Campus Universitário Canela, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
- Philip J. Cooper
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* E-mail: pcooper@ecnet.ec
Affiliations Instituto de Microbiologia, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Diego Robles y Via Interoceanica S/N, Cumbaya, Quito, Ecuador, Centre for Infection, St George's University of London, Cranmer Terrace, Tooting, London, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: PJC. Performed the experiments: ALM MV AR SE GO IQ MP. Analyzed the data: ALM LA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RL EG MLB. Wrote the paper: ALM PJC. Supervised data analysis: LA. Edited the manuscript: MLB. Supervised the experiments: MC RL EG PJC.