About the Authors
- Lilly M. Verhagen
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* E-mail: lillyverhagen@hotmail.com
Affiliations Laboratorio de Tuberculosis, Instituto de Biomedicina, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela, Laboratory of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Renzo N. Incani
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Affiliation Departamento de Parasitología, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Carabobo, Valencia, Venezuela
- Carolina R. Franco
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Affiliation Departamento de Pediatría, Hospital de Niños ‘J.M. de los Ríos’, Caracas, Venezuela
- Alejandra Ugarte
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Affiliation Escuela de Bioanálisis, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
- Yeneska Cadenas
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Affiliation Escuela de Bioanálisis, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
- Carmen I. Sierra Ruiz
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Affiliation Laboratorio de Tuberculosis, Instituto de Biomedicina, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
- Peter W. M. Hermans
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Affiliation Laboratory of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Denise Hoek
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Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
- Maiza Campos Ponce
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Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Jacobus H. de Waard
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Affiliation Laboratorio de Tuberculosis, Instituto de Biomedicina, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
- Elena Pinelli
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Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: LMV RNI CRF PWMH JHdW EP. Performed the experiments: LMV RNI CRF AU YC CISR DH. Analyzed the data: LMV DH MCP EP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RNI PWMH JHdW EP. Wrote the manuscript: LMV RNI MCP EP.