About the Authors

Nancy Chile

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Sciences, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Taryn Clark

Affiliation Section of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Yanina Arana

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Sciences, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Ynes R. Ortega

Affiliation Center for Food Safety and Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Georgia, Griffin, Georgia, United States of America

Sandra Palma

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Sciences, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Alan Mejia

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Sciences, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Noelia Angulo

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Sciences, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Jon C. Kosek

Affiliation Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Margaret Kosek

Affiliation Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Luis A. Gomez-Puerta

Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru

Hector H. Garcia

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Sciences, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Cesar M. Gavidia

Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru

Robert H. Gilman

Affiliations Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Asociación Benéfica PRISMA, San Miguel, Lima, Peru

Manuela Verastegui

manuela.verastegui@upch.pe

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Sciences, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru

Membership of the Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru is listed in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MV RHG NC. Performed the experiments: NC TC YA YRO SP AM NA JCK MK. Analyzed the data: NC TC YRO LAG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MV RHG HHG CMG. Wrote the paper: NC TC YRO RHG MV CMG.