High Prevalence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydia pneumoniae in Children with Acute Respiratory Infections from Lima, Peru

Juana del Valle-Mendoza; Fiorella Orellana-Peralta; Alvaro Marcelo-Rodríguez; Eduardo Verne; Mónica Esquivel-Vizcarra; Wilmer Silva-Caso; Miguel Angel Aguilar-Luis; Pablo Weilg; Verónica Casabona-Oré; Claudia Ugarte; Luis J. del Valle

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0170787

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High Prevalence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydia pneumoniae in Children with Acute Respiratory Infections from Lima, Peru

Juana del Valle-Mendoza ,

* E-mail: jdelvall@upc.edu.pe (JDVM); luis.javier.del.valle@upc.edu (LJDV)

Affiliations School of Medicine, Research and Innovation Centre of the Faculty of Health Sciences. Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas-UPC, Lima, Peru, Instituto de Investigación Nutricional, Lima, Peru
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Fiorella Orellana-Peralta,

Affiliations School of Medicine, Research and Innovation Centre of the Faculty of Health Sciences. Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas-UPC, Lima, Peru, Instituto de Investigación Nutricional, Lima, Peru
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Alvaro Marcelo-Rodríguez,

Affiliation Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal, Lima, Peru
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Eduardo Verne,

Affiliation Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
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Mónica Esquivel-Vizcarra,

Affiliation Instituto de Investigación Nutricional, Lima, Peru
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Wilmer Silva-Caso,

Affiliation School of Medicine, Research and Innovation Centre of the Faculty of Health Sciences. Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas-UPC, Lima, Peru
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Miguel Angel Aguilar-Luis,

Affiliations School of Medicine, Research and Innovation Centre of the Faculty of Health Sciences. Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas-UPC, Lima, Peru, Instituto de Investigación Nutricional, Lima, Peru
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Pablo Weilg,

Affiliation School of Medicine, Research and Innovation Centre of the Faculty of Health Sciences. Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas-UPC, Lima, Peru
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Verónica Casabona-Oré,

Affiliations School of Medicine, Research and Innovation Centre of the Faculty of Health Sciences. Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas-UPC, Lima, Peru, Instituto de Investigación Nutricional, Lima, Peru
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Claudia Ugarte,

Affiliation Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
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Luis J. del Valle

* E-mail: jdelvall@upc.edu.pe (JDVM); luis.javier.del.valle@upc.edu (LJDV)

Affiliation Centre de Biotecnologia Molecular (CEBIM), Departament d’Enginyeria Química, ETSEIB, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) Barcelona Tech, Barcelona, Spain
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High Prevalence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydia pneumoniae in Children with Acute Respiratory Infections from Lima, Peru

Juana del Valle-Mendoza,
Fiorella Orellana-Peralta,
Alvaro Marcelo-Rodríguez,
Eduardo Verne,
Mónica Esquivel-Vizcarra,
Wilmer Silva-Caso,
Miguel Angel Aguilar-Luis,
Pablo Weilg,
Verónica Casabona-Oré,
Claudia Ugarte

Published: January 27, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0170787

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