About the Authors

Rosa Elena Mejia Torres

rosaelenamejiatorres@yahoo.com

Affiliation National Parasitology Laboratory, Direction of Health Surveillance, Ministry of Health of Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazan, Honduras

Dora Nelly Franco Garcia

Affiliation Population Risks, Ministry of Health of Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazan, Honduras

Gustavo Adolfo Fontecha Sandoval

Affiliation Microbiology Research Institute, National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH), Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazan, Honduras

Adriana Hernandez Santana

Affiliation Nutrition Institute for Central America and Panama (INCAP), Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazan, Honduras

Prabhjot Singh

Affiliation Department of Communicable Diseases and Health Analysis, Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazan, Honduras

Sandra Tamara Mancero Bucheli

Affiliation Department of Communicable Diseases and Health Analysis, Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazan, Honduras

Martha Saboya

Affiliation Neglected, Tropical and Vector Borne Diseases Unit, Department of Communicable Diseases and Health Analysis, Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), Washington D.C., United States of America

Mirian Yolanda Paz

Affiliation Population Risks, Ministry of Health of Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazan, Honduras

Competing Interests

The authors have no competing interests. PS, STB, MS are employees of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO). Opinions mentioned in this article are those of the authors alone and in no way reflect the official position of the PAHO/WHO.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: REMT DNFG AHS STMB MYP. Performed the experiments: REMT DNFG GAFS STMB MYP. Analyzed the data: REMT GAFS AHS PS MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GAFS. Wrote the paper: REMT DNFG GAFS AHS PS MS.