About the Authors

Ian W. Pray

Affiliation School of Public Health, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Dallas J. Swanson

Affiliation School of Public Health, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Viterbo Ayvar

Affiliation Center for Global Health Tumbes, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Tumbes, Peru

Claudio Muro

Affiliation Center for Global Health Tumbes, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Tumbes, Peru

Luz M. Moyano

Affiliations Center for Global Health Tumbes, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Tumbes, Peru, Inserm Neuroépidémiologie Tropicale (NET), Institut d'Epidémiologie et de Neurologie Tropicale (IENT), Faculté de Médecine de l'Université de Limoges, Limoges, France, Office of Training and Research. Regional Hospital II-2, Tumbes, Peru

Armando E. Gonzalez

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

Hector H. Garcia

Affiliations Center for Global Health Tumbes, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Tumbes, Peru, Department of Microbiology, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Seth E. O’Neal

oneals@ohsu.edu

Affiliations School of Public Health, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America, Center for Global Health Tumbes, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Tumbes, Peru

Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru

Affiliation Center for Global Health Tumbes, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Tumbes, Peru

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IWP AEG HHG SEO LMM. Performed the experiments: IWP DJS VA CM LMM. Analyzed the data: IWP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SEO HHG AEG. Wrote the paper: IWP HHG SEO.