About the Authors

Martin S. Llewellyn

martin.llewellyn@lshtm.ac.uk

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

Michael D. Lewis

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

Nidia Acosta

Affiliations London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Departamento de Medicina Tropical, Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Nacional de Asuncion, Paraguay

Matthew Yeo

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

Hernan J. Carrasco

Affiliation Instituto de Medicina Tropical, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Los Chaguaramos, Caracas, Venezuela

Maikell Segovia

Affiliation Instituto de Medicina Tropical, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Los Chaguaramos, Caracas, Venezuela

Jorge Vargas

Affiliation Centro Nacional de Enfermedades Tropicales, Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Faustino Torrico

Affiliation Universidad Mayor de San Simon, Cochabamba, Bolivia

Michael A. Miles

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

Michael W. Gaunt

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MSL MAM MWG. Performed the experiments: MSL NA. Analyzed the data: MSL MDL MWG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MSL MDL NA MY HJC MS JV FT. Wrote the paper: MSL MDL MAM.