About the Authors

Monisha Dhiman

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Tropical Diseases, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Maria Paola Zago

Affiliation Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Instituto de Patología Experimental, Universidad Nacional de Salta, Salta, Argentina

Sonia Nunez

Affiliation Hospital Público de Gestión Descentralizada San Bernardo, Salta, Argentina

Alejandro Amoroso

Affiliation Servicio de Cirugia Cardiovascular, Hospital San Bernardo, Salta, Argentina

Hugo Rementeria

Affiliation Servicio de Cirugia Cardiovascular, Hospital San Bernardo, Salta, Argentina

Pierre Dousset

Affiliation Servicio de Cirugia Cardiovascular, Hospital San Bernardo, Salta, Argentina

Federico Nunez Burgos

Affiliation Hospital Público de Gestión Descentralizada San Bernardo, Salta, Argentina

Nisha Jain Garg

nigarg@utmb.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Tropical Diseases, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Center for Tropical Diseases, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NJG MD. Performed the experiments: MD. Analyzed the data: NJG MD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NJG. Wrote the paper: NJG MD. Performed clinical exam and diagnosis, patient categorization, and provided human plasma and tissue samples: SN PD AA HR FNB Overall management of human studies: MPZ FNB.