About the Authors

Irina Chis Ster

Contributed equally to this work with: Irina Chis Ster, Hamzah F. Niaz

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Institute of Infection and Immunity, St George’s University of London, London, United Kingdom

Hamzah F. Niaz

Contributed equally to this work with: Irina Chis Ster, Hamzah F. Niaz

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Institute of Infection and Immunity, St George’s University of London, London, United Kingdom

Martha E. Chico

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Fundacion Ecuatoriana Para La Investigacion en Salud, Quito, Ecuador

Yisela Oviedo

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Fundacion Ecuatoriana Para La Investigacion en Salud, Quito, Ecuador

Maritza Vaca

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Fundacion Ecuatoriana Para La Investigacion en Salud, Quito, Ecuador

Philip J. Cooper

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

pcooper@sgul.ac.uk

Affiliations Institute of Infection and Immunity, St George’s University of London, London, United Kingdom, Fundacion Ecuatoriana Para La Investigacion en Salud, Quito, Ecuador, School of Medicine, Universidad Internacional del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.