About the Authors

Miguel M. Cabada

micabada@utmb.edu

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Sede Cusco—Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander Von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Martha Lopez

Affiliation Sede Cusco—Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander Von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Maria Cruz

Affiliation Hospital Nivel IV Adolfo Guevara Velasco ESSALUD, Cusco, Peru

Jennifer R. Delgado

Affiliation Sede Cusco—Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander Von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Virginia Hill

Affiliations Sede Cusco—Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander Von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, College of Natural Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

A. Clinton White Jr

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MMC MC ACW. Performed the experiments: ML JRD. Analyzed the data: MMC ACW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MMC ML JRD ACW. Wrote the paper: MMC JRD VH MC. Evaluated the patients a treated them: MMC MC. Critically reviewed the manuscript: MC VH ACW.