About the Authors

Eric S. Halsey

ehalsey@cdc.gov

Affiliations Virology Department, U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Lima and Iquitos, Peru, The President’s Malaria Initiative, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

G. Christian Baldeviano

Affiliation Parasitology Department, U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Lima, Peru

Kimberly A. Edgel

Affiliation Parasitology Department, U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Lima, Peru

Stalin Vilcarromero

Affiliation Virology Department, U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Lima and Iquitos, Peru

Moises Sihuincha

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital de Apoyo, DISA-Loreto, Iquitos, Peru

Andres G. Lescano

Affiliations Parasitology Department, U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Lima, Peru, School of Public Health and Administration, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ESH GCB KAE AGL. Performed the experiments: GCB KAE. Analyzed the data: ESH GCB KAE AGL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ESH GCB KAE SV MS AGL. Wrote the paper: ESH GCB KAE SV MS AGL.