About the Authors

E. Yaneth Osorio

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

ejosorio@utmb.edu

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Audrie A. Medina-Colorado

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Bruno L. Travi

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Center for Tropical Diseases and Institute for Human Infection and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Peter C. Melby

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.