About the Authors

Marlene Jara

Affiliations Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Alexander von Humboldt”, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Molecular Parasitology Unit, Antwerp, Belgium

Maya Berg

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Molecular Parasitology Unit, Antwerp, Belgium

Guy Caljon

Current address: Laboratory of Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Molecular Parasitology Unit, Antwerp, Belgium

Geraldine de Muylder

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Molecular Parasitology Unit, Antwerp, Belgium

Bart Cuypers

Affiliations Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Molecular Parasitology Unit, Antwerp, Belgium, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Denis Castillo

Affiliation Laboratorios de Investigación y Desarrollo, Facultad de Ciencias y Filosofía, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú

Ilse Maes

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Molecular Parasitology Unit, Antwerp, Belgium

María del Carmen Orozco

Affiliation Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Alexander von Humboldt”, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú

Manu Vanaerschot

Current address: Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Microbiology, Fidock Lab, New York, United States of America.

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Molecular Parasitology Unit, Antwerp, Belgium

Jean-Claude Dujardin

jorge.arevalo@upch.pe (JA); jcdujardin@itg.be (JCD)

Affiliations Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Molecular Parasitology Unit, Antwerp, Belgium, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Jorge Arevalo

jorge.arevalo@upch.pe (JA); jcdujardin@itg.be (JCD)

Affiliations Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Alexander von Humboldt”, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú, Laboratorios de Investigación y Desarrollo, Facultad de Ciencias y Filosofía, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: JA JCD MJ. Formal analysis: MJ MB BC GC. Investigation: MJ MB GC DC IM. Writing – original draft: MJ JCD JA. Writing – review & editing: MJ MB GC GdM BC DC IM MdCO MV JCD JA.