About the Authors

Maria-Jesus Pinazo

mariajesus.pinazo@isglobal.org

Affiliation ISGlobal, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), Hospital Clínic- Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Elizabeth de Jesus Posada

Affiliation ISGlobal, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), Hospital Clínic- Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Luis Izquierdo

Affiliation ISGlobal, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), Hospital Clínic- Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Dolors Tassies

Affiliation Hemotherapy and Hemostasis Department, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Alexandre-Ferreira Marques

Affiliations Border Biomedical Research Center, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States of America, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Departamento de Parasitologia, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Elisa de Lazzari

Affiliation Health Biostatistics, ISGlobal, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), Hospital Clínic- Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Edelweiss Aldasoro

Affiliation ISGlobal, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), Hospital Clínic- Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Jose Muñoz

Affiliation ISGlobal, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), Hospital Clínic- Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Alba Abras

Affiliation Laboratori de Parasitologia, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Silvia Tebar

Affiliation Laboratori de Parasitologia, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Montserrat Gallego

Affiliations Laboratori de Parasitologia, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Hospital Clínic—Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Igor Correia de Almeida

Affiliation Border Biomedical Research Center, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States of America

Joan-Carles Reverter

Affiliation Hemotherapy and Hemostasis Department, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Joaquim Gascon

Affiliation ISGlobal, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), Hospital Clínic- Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJP JM LI JCR JG. Performed the experiments: MJP EdJP LI DT AFM EA JM AA ST MG ICdA JCR JG. Analyzed the data: MJP EdL ICdA JCR JG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJP LI DT AFM AA ST MG ICdA JCR JG. Wrote the paper: MJP EdJP LI DT AFM EA JM AA ST MG ICdA JCR JG.