About the Authors

María G. Alvarez

Contributed equally to this work with: María G. Alvarez, Graciela L. Bertocchi

Affiliation Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos Eva Perón, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Graciela L. Bertocchi

Contributed equally to this work with: María G. Alvarez, Graciela L. Bertocchi

Affiliation Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos Eva Perón, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Gretchen Cooley

Affiliation Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

María C. Albareda

Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Parasitología Dr. Mario Fatala Chaben, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Rodolfo Viotti

Affiliation Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos Eva Perón, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Damián E. Perez-Mazliah

Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Parasitología Dr. Mario Fatala Chaben, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Bruno Lococo

Affiliation Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos Eva Perón, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Melisa Castro Eiro

Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Parasitología Dr. Mario Fatala Chaben, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Susana A. Laucella

Affiliations Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos Eva Perón, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Instituto Nacional de Parasitología Dr. Mario Fatala Chaben, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Rick L. Tarleton

tarleton@uga.edu

Affiliation Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RLT SAL RV. Performed the experiments: MGA GLB GC MCA DEPM MCE. Analyzed the data: MGA GLB SAL MCE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BL. Wrote the paper: SAL RLT.