About the Authors

Benjamin R. Bates

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations School of Communication Studies, Ohio University, Athens, OH, United States of America, Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute, Biomedical Sciences Department, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, OH, United States of America, Center for International Studies, Ohio University, Athens, OH, United States of America

Anita G. Villacís

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute, Biomedical Sciences Department, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, OH, United States of America, Centro de Investigación para la Salud en América Latina, Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

Angela Mendez-Trivino

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute, Biomedical Sciences Department, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, OH, United States of America, Center for International Studies, Ohio University, Athens, OH, United States of America

Luis E. Mendoza

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute, Biomedical Sciences Department, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, OH, United States of America, Center for International Studies, Ohio University, Athens, OH, United States of America

Mario J. Grijalva

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

grijalva@ohio.edu

Affiliations Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute, Biomedical Sciences Department, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, OH, United States of America, Center for International Studies, Ohio University, Athens, OH, United States of America, Centro de Investigación para la Salud en América Latina, Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.