About the Authors

Cristina Herrera

Affiliations Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica, Instituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica

Mathieu-Benoit Voisin

Affiliation William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Teresa Escalante

Affiliation Instituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica

Alexandra Rucavado

Affiliation Instituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica

Sussan Nourshargh

Affiliation William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

José María Gutiérrez

jose.gutierrez@ucr.ac.cr

Affiliation Instituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: CH MV TE AR SN JMG. Data curation: CH MV SN. Formal analysis: CH MV. Funding acquisition: MV SN JMG. Investigation: CH MV TE AR. Methodology: CH MV SN. Project administration: SN JMG. Resources: MV TE AR SN JMG. Supervision: MV SN JMG. Validation: CH MV SN JMG. Visualization: CH MV. Writing – original draft: CH TE AR JMG. Writing – review & editing: MV SN JMG.