About the Authors

Carlos Zamudio

Carlos.zamudio@upch.pe

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

Howard W. Choi

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

Lena Shah

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

Antonio Ciampi

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

Eduardo Gotuzzo

Affiliations Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Tropicales y Dermatologicas, Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Jody Heymann

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health, McGill University. Montreal, Canada, Department of Epidemiology, Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States of America

Carlos Seas

Affiliations Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Tropicales y Dermatologicas, Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Timothy F. Brewer

Affiliation Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CZ FK EG JH CS TFB. Performed the experiments: CZ FK HWC. Analyzed the data: CZ LS AC. Wrote the paper: CZ FK HWC LS AC EG JH CS TFB.