About the Authors

Julia S. Ampuero

sonia.ampuero@med.navy.mil

Affiliation U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6. Lima, Perú

Víctor Ocaña

Affiliation Centro de Salud Pachitea. Dirección Regional de Salud de Piura. Ministerio de Salud. Piura, Perú

Jorge Gómez

Affiliation Dirección General de Epidemiología. Ministerio de Salud. Lima, Perú

María E. Gamero

Affiliation U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6. Lima, Perú

Josefina Garcia

Affiliation U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6. Lima, Perú

Eric S. Halsey

Affiliation U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6. Lima, Perú

V. Alberto Laguna-Torres

Affiliation U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6. Lima, Perú

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JSA VALT. Performed the experiments: MEG JG. Analyzed the data: JSA VO JG JG VALT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JG MEG. Wrote the paper: JSA VALT. Acquisition of data: VO. Critical review of the manuscript: ESH.