About the Authors

Nuria Sanchez Clemente

nuria.sanchez.clemente@doctors.org.uk

Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Cesar A. Ugarte-Gil

Affiliation Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander van Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Nelson Solórzano

Affiliation Hospital San Juan de Dios, Caraz, Peru

Ciro Maguiña

Affiliation Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander van Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Paul Pachas

Affiliation Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander van Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

David Blazes

Affiliation DoD Global Emerging Infections System, Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Robin Bailey

Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

David Mabey

Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

David Moore

Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NSC. Performed the experiments: NSC. Analyzed the data: NSC D. Moore. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NSC CAUG NS CM D. Mabey RB PP DB. Wrote the paper: NSC.