About the Authors

Cesar M. Gavidia

cgavidia@jhsph.edu

Affiliation Veterinary School, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, San Borja, Lima, Peru

Armando E. Gonzalez

Affiliation Veterinary School, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, San Borja, Lima, Peru

Eduardo A. Barron

Affiliation Veterinary School, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, San Borja, Lima, Peru

Berenice Ninaquispe

Affiliation Veterinary School, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, San Borja, Lima, Peru

Monica Llamosas

Affiliation Veterinary School, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, San Borja, Lima, Peru

Manuela R. Verastegui

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, School of Sciences, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Colin Robinson

Affiliation Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Robert H. Gilman

Affiliation Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CMG MRV RHG. Performed the experiments: CMG EAB BN ML. Analyzed the data: CMG AEG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CMG AEG EAB BN ML MRV. Wrote the paper: CMG. Wrote and edited several parts of the paper. Advisor, discussed the overall idea of the experiment, supported the writing of the paper: RHG.