About the Authors

Ute Frevert

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: ute.frevert@med.nyu.edu

Affiliation Department of Medical and Molecular Parasitology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Sabine Engelmann

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Heidelberg University School of Medicine, Heidelberg, Germany

Sergine Zougbédé

Affiliation Department of Medical and Molecular Parasitology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Jörg Stange

Affiliation Department of Medical and Molecular Parasitology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Bruce Ng

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Kai Matuschewski

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Heidelberg University School of Medicine, Heidelberg, Germany

Leonard Liebes

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Herman Yee

Affiliation Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

UF, KM, LL, and HY conceived and designed the experiments. UF, SE, SZ, JS, BN, and HY performed the experiments. UF, KM, and HY analyzed the data. UF, KM, and HY contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. UF wrote the paper.