About the Authors

Henry Bautista-Amorocho

henrybau33@gmail.com

Affiliation University of Santander (UDES), Bacteriology and Clinical Laboratory Program, Department of Health Sciences, CliniUDES Research Group, Laboratory for Biomedical and Biotechnological Research (LBBR) Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia

Yeny Zulay Castellanos-Domínguez

Affiliation University of Santander (UDES), Bacteriology and Clinical Laboratory Program, Department of Health Sciences, CliniUDES Research Group, Laboratory for Biomedical and Biotechnological Research (LBBR) Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia

Laura Andrea Rodríguez-Villamizar

Affiliation Industrial University of Santander (UIS), Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, Research Group on Demography, Public Health and Health Systems (GUINDESS), Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia

Sindi Alejandra Velandia-Cruz

Affiliation University of Santander (UDES), Bacteriology and Clinical Laboratory Program, Department of Health Sciences, CliniUDES Research Group, Laboratory for Biomedical and Biotechnological Research (LBBR) Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia

Jeysson Andrey Becerra-Peña

Affiliation University of Santander (UDES), Bacteriology and Clinical Laboratory Program, Department of Health Sciences, CliniUDES Research Group, Laboratory for Biomedical and Biotechnological Research (LBBR) Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia

Ana Elvira Farfán-García

Affiliation University of Santander (UDES), Bacteriology and Clinical Laboratory Program, Department of Health Sciences, CliniUDES Research Group, Laboratory for Biomedical and Biotechnological Research (LBBR) Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HB YZC AEF. Performed the experiments: HB YZC AEF SAV JAB. Analyzed the data: HB YZC LAR AEF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HB YZC LAR SAV YAB AEF. Wrote the paper: HB YZC LAR AEF.