About the Authors

Raiza Ruiz-Guevara

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

raizaruiz@yahoo.com

Affiliation Cátedra de Parasitología, Escuela ¨Luís Razetti” Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela

Belkisyolé Alarcón de Noya

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

Affiliation Instituto de Medicina Tropical, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela

Iván Mendoza

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto de Medicina Tropical, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela

Cielo Rojas

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Departmento de Cardiología, Sección de Enfermedades Cardíacas Congénitas, Hospital Universitario de Caracas, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela

Iván Machado

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Departmento de Cardiología, Sección de Enfermedades Cardíacas Congénitas, Hospital Universitario de Caracas, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela

Zoraida Díaz-Bello

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

Affiliation Instituto de Medicina Tropical, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela

Arturo Muñoz-Calderón

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto de Medicina Tropical, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela

Julio Castro

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

Affiliation Instituto de Medicina Tropical, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela

Oscar Noya

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Cátedra de Parasitología, Escuela ¨Luís Razetti” Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela, Instituto de Medicina Tropical, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela, Centro para Estudios Sobre Malaria, Instituto de Altos Estudios “Dr. Arnoldo Gabaldón”, Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Salud (MPPS), Caracas, Venezuela

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.