About the Authors

Ramona del Puerto

Affiliation Department of Immunogenetics, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Juan Eiki Nishizawa

Affiliation Clinica Siraní, Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Mihoko Kikuchi

Affiliation Center for International Collaboration Research, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Naomi Iihoshi

Affiliation Centro Nacional de Enfermedades Tropicales, Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Yelin Roca

Affiliation Centro Nacional de Enfermedades Tropicales, Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Cinthia Avilas

Affiliation Centro Nacional de Enfermedades Tropicales, Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Alberto Gianella

Affiliation Centro Nacional de Enfermedades Tropicales, Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Javier Lora

Affiliation Centro Nacional de Enfermedades Tropicales, Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Freddy Udalrico Gutierrez Velarde

Affiliation Hospital Universitario Japonés, Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Luis Alberto Renjel

Affiliation Centro de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (BIOCOR), Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Sachio Miura

Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

Hiroo Higo

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Norihiro Komiya

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Nagasaki, Japan

Koji Maemura

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Nagasaki, Japan

Kenji Hirayama

hiraken@nagasaki-u.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Immunogenetics, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, Global COE Program, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JEN KH. Performed the experiments: RdP KH. Analyzed the data: RdP MK SM HH NK KM KH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MK KH. Wrote the paper: RdP KH. Diagnosis of patients Sample collection. Samples storage process: NI. Hemoculture: NI. Sample collection and process (DNA extraction): YR AG JL. Obtained informed consent from patients: CA. Sample collection: CA. Diagnosis of patients (cardiopathy): FUGV. Diagnosis of patients: LAR.