About the Authors

Alexander A. Martínez

Affiliations Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies, Panama, Panama, Department of Biotechnology, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, A.P. India, INDICASAT-AIP Clayton, City of Knowledge, Panama

Yamitzel Y. Zaldivar

Affiliation Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies, Panama, Panama

CSS-NAT Group

Membership of the CSS-NAT Group is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Affiliation Complejo Hospitalario Dr. Arnulfo Arias Madrid, Caja de Seguro Social, Panama, Panama

Zoila De Castillo

Affiliation Complejo Hospitalario Dr. Arnulfo Arias Madrid, Caja de Seguro Social, Panama, Panama

Alma Y. Ortiz

Affiliation Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies, Panama, Panama

Yaxelis Mendoza

Affiliations Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies, Panama, Panama, Department of Biotechnology, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, A.P. India, INDICASAT-AIP Clayton, City of Knowledge, Panama

Juan Cristina

Affiliation Laboratorio de Virología Molecular, Centro de Investigaciones Nucleares, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay

Juan M. Pascale

jpascale@gorgas.gob.pa

Affiliation Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies, Panama, Panama

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMP AAM YYZ. Performed the experiments: AAM AYO YM ZDC. Analyzed the data: AAM YM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZDC. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: AAM JC JMP.