About the Authors

Hannah E. Steinberg

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

hstein5@uic.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Natalie M. Bowman

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Infectious Disease, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Andrea Diestra

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratorio de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Cusi Ferradas

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratorio de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Paul Russo

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine, George Mason University, Virginia, United States of America

Daniel E. Clark

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Deanna Zhu

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

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Ruben Magni

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine, George Mason University, Virginia, United States of America

Edith Malaga

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratorio de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Monica Diaz

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Viviana Pinedo-Cancino

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratorio de Investigación de Productos Naturales Antiparasitarios de la Amazonía, Facultad de Medicina Humana, Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana, Iquitos, Peru

Cesar Ramal Asayag

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana, Iquitos, Peru, Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Regional de Loreto, Iquitos, Peru

Maritza Calderón

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

Affiliation Laboratorio de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Vern B. Carruthers

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Lance A. Liotta

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine, George Mason University, Virginia, United States of America

Robert H. Gilman

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

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

Alessandra Luchini

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine, George Mason University, Virginia, United States of America

the Toxoplasmosis working group in Peru and Bolivia

Membership of the Toxoplasmosis Working Group in Peru and Bolivia is listed in the Acknowledgments

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Alessandra Luchini and Lance A. Liotta are inventors on patents US9,012,240 and US8,497,137 related to the affinity particles. Ceres Nanosciences licensed the rights of these patents that are owned by George Mason University. Alessandra Luchini and Lance A. Liotta own shares of Ceres Nanosciences.