About the Authors

Miriam Bobadilla-del Valle

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, México

Pedro Torres-González

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, México

Miguel Enrique Cervera-Hernández

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, México

Areli Martínez-Gamboa

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, México

Brenda Crabtree-Ramirez

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, HIV Clinic, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico

Bárbara Chávez-Mazari

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, México

Narciso Ortiz-Conchi

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, México

Luis Rodríguez-Cruz

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, México

Axel Cervantes-Sánchez

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, México

Tomasa Gudiño-Enríquez

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, México

Carmen Cinta-Severo

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, México

José Sifuentes-Osornio

sifuentesosornio@gmail.com (JSO); alf.poncedeleon@gmail.com (APdL)

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico

Alfredo Ponce de León

sifuentesosornio@gmail.com (JSO); alf.poncedeleon@gmail.com (APdL)

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, México

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MBdV PTG MECH APdL BCM. Performed the experiments: AMG BCR NOC LRC ACS TGE CCS BCM. Analyzed the data: PTG MECH. Wrote the paper: MBdV BCR JSO APdL PTG MECH.