About the Authors

Melissa N. Garcia

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Tropical Medicine, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Sarah O’Day

Affiliation The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Susan Fisher-Hoch

Affiliation The University of Texas Health Science Center, School of Public Health, Brownsville Regional Campus, Brownsville, Texas, United States of America

Rodion Gorchakov

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Tropical Medicine, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Ramiro Patino

Affiliation The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Department of Biology, Edinburg, Texas, United States of America

Teresa P. Feria Arroyo

Affiliation The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Department of Biology, Edinburg, Texas, United States of America

Susan T. Laing

Affiliation The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Job E. Lopez

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Tropical Medicine, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Alexandra Ingber

Affiliation Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Kathryn M. Jones

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Tropical Medicine, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Kristy O. Murray

Kmurray@bcm.edu

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Tropical Medicine, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SFH TPFA JEL KMJ KOM. Performed the experiments: SOD RG RP AI. Analyzed the data: MNG SFH TPFA STL KOM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SFH TPFA JEL KMJ KOM. Wrote the paper: MNG SOD AI KOM.