About the Authors

Brian Lackey

brianwlackey@gmail.com

Affiliation University of Texas School of Public Health Austin Regional Campus, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Carlos Seas

Affiliations Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Facultad de Medicina Alberto Hurtado, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Patrick Van der Stuyft

Affiliations General Epidemiology and Disease Control Unit, Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Larissa Otero

Affiliation Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BL CS PVDS LO. Performed the experiments: BL LO. Analyzed the data: BL LO. Wrote the paper: BL LO. Critically reviewed the manuscript: BL CS PVDS LO.