About the Authors

Timothy F. Brewer

timothy.brewer@mcgill.ca

Affiliations Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Howard W. Choi

Affiliation Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Carlos Seas

Affiliation Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Fiorella Krapp

Affiliation Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Carlos Zamudio

Affiliation Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Lena Shah

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Antonio Ciampi

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

S. Jody Heymann

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Institute of Health and Social Policy, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Eduardo Gotuzzo

Affiliation Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TFB CS SJH AC EG. Performed the experiments: HWC FK CZ. Analyzed the data: TFB HWC LS AC SJH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TFB CS SJH AC EG. Wrote the paper: TFB HWC. Edited the manuscript: CS FK CZ LS SJH EG. Obtained Ministry permission to recruit study participants in NTP clinics: CS EG.