About the Authors

Jaiberth Antonio Cardona-Arias

Contributed equally to this work with: Jaiberth Antonio Cardona-Arias, Iván Darío Vélez, Liliana López-Carvajal

Affiliations Microbiologist and Bioanalyst, School of Medicine, Cooperative University of Colombia, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia, School of Microbiology, University of Antioquia UofA, 70 Street # 52–21, Medellin, Colombia

Iván Darío Vélez

Contributed equally to this work with: Jaiberth Antonio Cardona-Arias, Iván Darío Vélez, Liliana López-Carvajal

idvelez@pecet-colombia.org

Affiliation PECET, University of Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia

Liliana López-Carvajal

Contributed equally to this work with: Jaiberth Antonio Cardona-Arias, Iván Darío Vélez, Liliana López-Carvajal

Affiliation Epidemiology, PECET, University of Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JCA LLC IDV. Performed the experiments: JCA LLC IDV. Analyzed the data: JCA LLC IDV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JCA LLC IDV. Wrote the paper: JCA LLC IDV. Response to the assessments of the Journal and set the changes suggested by the reviewers: JCA LLC IDV.