About the Authors

María C. Albareda

Affiliations Instituto Nacional de Parasitología Dr. M. Fatala Chaben, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos Eva Perón, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Ana M. De Rissio

Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Parasitología Dr. M. Fatala Chaben, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Gonzalo Tomas

Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Parasitología Dr. M. Fatala Chaben, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Alicia Serjan

Affiliation Hospital Fernandez, Buenos Aires, Argentina

María G. Alvarez

Affiliation Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos Eva Perón, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Rodolfo Viotti

Affiliation Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos Eva Perón, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Laura E. Fichera

Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Parasitología Dr. M. Fatala Chaben, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Mónica I. Esteva

Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Parasitología Dr. M. Fatala Chaben, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Daniel Potente

Affiliation Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos Eva Perón, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Alejandro Armenti

Affiliation Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos Eva Perón, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Rick L. Tarleton

Affiliation Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Susana A. Laucella

slaucella@yahoo.com

Affiliations Instituto Nacional de Parasitología Dr. M. Fatala Chaben, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos Eva Perón, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SAL MCA RLT. Performed the experiments: MCA SAL MGA AMDR AA DP GT AS MIE LEF. Analyzed the data: MCA SAL MGA RV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SAL RLT. Wrote the paper: SAL RLT MCA.