About the Authors

Christopher Delgado-Ratto

chris.delgadoratto@uantwerp.be

Affiliation Epidemiology for Global Health Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Dionicia Gamboa

Affiliations Institute of Tropical Medicine Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Departamento de Ciencias Celulares y Moleculares, Facultad de Ciencias y Filosofía, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Veronica E. Soto-Calle

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Peter Van den Eede

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Eliana Torres

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Luis Sánchez-Martínez

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Juan Contreras-Mancilla

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Anna Rosanas-Urgell

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Hugo Rodriguez Ferrucci

Affiliation Ministry of Health of Peru, Loreto, Peru

Alejandro Llanos-Cuentas

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Annette Erhart

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Jean-Pierre Van geertruyden

Contributed equally to this work with: Jean-Pierre Van geertruyden, Umberto D’Alessandro

Affiliation Epidemiology for Global Health Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Umberto D’Alessandro

Contributed equally to this work with: Jean-Pierre Van geertruyden, Umberto D’Alessandro

Affiliations Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, The Gambia, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CDR VESC DG HRF ALC AE UD. Performed the experiments: CDR VESC PVdE ET LSM JCM. Analyzed the data: CDR JPVg DG ARU AE UD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CDR VESC DG AE JPVg. Wrote the paper: CDR JPVg DG ARU AE UD.