About the Authors
- V. Alberto Laguna-Torres
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* E-mail: alberto.laguna@med.navy.mil
Affiliation US Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Lima, Peru
- Jorge Gómez
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Affiliation Dirección General de Epidemiología del Ministerio de Salud del Perú, Lima, Peru
- Víctor Ocaña
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Affiliation Dirección Regional de Salud de Piura Ministerio de Salud del Perú, Piura, Peru
- Patricia Aguilar
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Affiliation US Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Lima, Peru
- Tatiana Saldarriaga
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Affiliation US Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Lima, Peru
- Edward Chavez
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Affiliation Centro Medico Militar Sullana, Piura, Peru
- Juan Perez
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Affiliation US Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Lima, Peru
- Hernán Zamalloa
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Affiliation US Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Lima, Peru
- Brett Forshey
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Affiliation US Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Lima, Peru
- Irmia Paz
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Affiliation Universidad Nacional de San Agustín, Arequipa, Peru
- Elizabeth Gomez
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Affiliations Universidad Nacional de San Agustín, Arequipa, Peru, Dirección Regional de Salud de Puno, Ministerio de Salud del Perú, Puno, Peru
- Roel Ore
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Affiliations Universidad Nacional de San Agustín, Arequipa, Peru, Dirección Regional de Salud de Puno, Ministerio de Salud del Perú, Puno, Peru
- Gloria Chauca
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Affiliation US Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Lima, Peru
- Ernesto Ortiz
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Affiliation US Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Lima, Peru
- Manuel Villaran
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Affiliation US Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Lima, Peru
- Stalin Vilcarromero
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Affiliation US Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Lima, Peru
- Claudio Rocha
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Affiliation US Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Lima, Peru
- Omayra Chincha
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Affiliation US Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Lima, Peru
- Gerardo Jiménez
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Affiliation Universidad Nacional de Ucayali, Pucallpa, Peru
- Miguel Villanueva
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Affiliation US Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Lima, Peru
- Edwar Pozo
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Affiliation Dirección Regional de Salud de Piura Ministerio de Salud del Perú, Piura, Peru
- Jackeline Aspajo
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Affiliation US Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Lima, Peru
- Tadeusz Kochel
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Affiliation US Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Lima, Peru
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: VALT JG KT. Performed the experiments: VO TS EC HZ IP EG OR GC SV CR OC GJ MV EP JA. Analyzed the data: VALT JG VO PVA TS EC JP HZ BF IP EG OR OE MVV CR OC GJ MV EP KT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PVA JP BF GC OE KT. Wrote the paper: VALT JG PVA KT. Principal investigator: VALT. Ministry of Health of Peru investigator: JG. Final approval of the version to be published: JG KT. Acquisition of data: VO TS EC IP EG OR SV CR OC GJ MV EP JA. Local analysis: VO TS EC IP EG OR SV CR OC GJ MV EP JA. Approval of the version to be published: VO TS EC. Critically revised the article: PVA BF. Approval of the data to be published: IP EG OR GJ EP. Senior laboratory supervisor: GC.