About the Authors

Monica Cartelle Gestal

mcarges@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Secretary for Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation of Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

Alina Maria Holban

Affiliation Department of Microbiology Immunology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

Santiago Escalante

Affiliation Department of Intelligence, Ministry of Public Health, Quito, Ecuador

Marcelo Cevallos

Affiliation Department of Economy of Health, Ministry of Public Health, Quito, Ecuador

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MCG AMH. Performed the experiments: MCG AMH SE MC. Analyzed the data: MCG AMH. Wrote the paper: MCG AMH.