About the Authors

Nathaniel S. Watts

natswatts@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, United States of America

Monica Pajuelo

Affiliation Unit of Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology, School of Sciences and Philosophy, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Taryn Clark

Affiliation Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, United States of America

Maria-Cristina I. Loader

Affiliation Infectious Diseases & Immunity and the Wellcome Trust-Imperial Centre for Global Health, Imperial College London, London, England, United Kingdom

Manuela R. Verastegui

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, School of Sciences and Philosophy, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Charles Sterling

Affiliation School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, United States of America

Jon S. Friedland

Affiliation Infectious Diseases & Immunity and the Wellcome Trust-Imperial Centre for Global Health, Imperial College London, London, England, United Kingdom

Hector H. Garcia

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, School of Sciences and Philosophy, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Robert H. Gilman

Affiliations Asociación Benéfica Proyectos en Informática, Salud, Medicina y Agricultura (AB PRISMA), Lima, Peru, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States of America

for the Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NW RHG MRV. Performed the experiments: NW TC M-CIL. Analyzed the data: MP. Wrote the paper: NW MP TC M-CIL CS JSF HHG RHG.