About the Authors

Renato A. Errea

renato.errea@upch.pe

Affiliations Facultad de Medicina Alberto Hurtado, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

George Vasquez-Rios

Affiliations Facultad de Medicina Alberto Hurtado, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Jorge D. Machicado

Affiliations Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Maria Susana Gallardo

Contributed equally to this work with: Maria Susana Gallardo, Marilhia Cornejo, Jorge F. Urquiaga, Diego Montoya, Rodrigo Zamudio

Affiliation Facultad de Medicina Alberto Hurtado, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Marilhia Cornejo

Contributed equally to this work with: Maria Susana Gallardo, Marilhia Cornejo, Jorge F. Urquiaga, Diego Montoya, Rodrigo Zamudio

Affiliation Facultad de Medicina Alberto Hurtado, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Jorge F. Urquiaga

Contributed equally to this work with: Maria Susana Gallardo, Marilhia Cornejo, Jorge F. Urquiaga, Diego Montoya, Rodrigo Zamudio

Affiliation Facultad de Medicina Alberto Hurtado, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Diego Montoya

Contributed equally to this work with: Maria Susana Gallardo, Marilhia Cornejo, Jorge F. Urquiaga, Diego Montoya, Rodrigo Zamudio

Affiliation Facultad de Medicina Alberto Hurtado, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Rodrigo Zamudio

Contributed equally to this work with: Maria Susana Gallardo, Marilhia Cornejo, Jorge F. Urquiaga, Diego Montoya, Rodrigo Zamudio

Affiliation Facultad de Medicina Alberto Hurtado, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Angelica Terashima

Affiliation Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Luis A. Marcos

Affiliations Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Frine Samalvides

Affiliations Facultad de Medicina Alberto Hurtado, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RAE GVR JDM AT LAM. Performed the experiments: RAE GVR MSG MC JFU DM RZ. Analyzed the data: RAE GVR JDM LAM FS. Wrote the paper: RAE.