About the Authors

Benjamin R. Bates

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

Affiliations School of Communication Studies, Ohio University, Athens, OH, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, OH, United States of America

Adriana Tami

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Carabobo, Valencia, Venezuela

Ana Carvajal

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Postgrado de Infectología, Hospital Universitario de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela

Mario J. Grijalva

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

grijalva@ohio.edu

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences, Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, OH, United States of America, Centro de Investigación Para la Salud en América Latina, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.