About the Authors

Megan E. Reller

mreller1@jhmi.edu

Affiliations Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Hubert-Yeargan Center for Global Health, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Elsio A. Wunder Jr

Affiliation Yale University Schools of Public Health and Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Jeremy J. Miles

Affiliation Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Judith E. Flom

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

Orlando Mayorga

Affiliation Hospital Escuela Oscar Danilo Rosales Arguello, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Nicaragua, León, Nicaragua

Christopher W. Woods

Affiliations Hubert-Yeargan Center for Global Health, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Albert I. Ko

Affiliation Yale University Schools of Public Health and Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

J. Stephen Dumler

Affiliation University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Armando J. Matute

Affiliation Hospital Escuela Oscar Danilo Rosales Arguello, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Nicaragua, León, Nicaragua

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MER CWW OM AJM. Performed the experiments: EAW JJM JEF. Analyzed the data: MER JSD AIK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AIK MER. Wrote the paper: MER.