About the Authors

Vilma Tapia

Contributed equally to this work with: Vilma Tapia, Ana Pilar Betran, Gustavo F. Gonzales

Affiliation Instituto de Investigaciones de la Altura, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Ana Pilar Betran

Contributed equally to this work with: Vilma Tapia, Ana Pilar Betran, Gustavo F. Gonzales

Affiliation UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Gustavo F. Gonzales

Contributed equally to this work with: Vilma Tapia, Ana Pilar Betran, Gustavo F. Gonzales

gustavo.gonzales@upch.pe

Affiliations Instituto de Investigaciones de la Altura, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Department of Biological and Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and Philosophy, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VT APB GFG. Analyzed the data: VT. Wrote the paper: VT APB GFG.