About the Authors

Steven Riley

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: steven.riley@hku.hk

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

Hélène Carabin

Affiliation University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Patrick Bélisle

Affiliation McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Lawrence Joseph

Affiliation McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Veronica Tallo

Affiliation Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Muntinlupa City, Republic of the Philippines

Ernesto Balolong

Affiliation Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Muntinlupa City, Republic of the Philippines

A. Lee Willingham III

Affiliation World Health Organization/Food and Agriculture Organization Collaborating Center for Parasitic Zoonoses, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark

Tomas J Fernandez Jr.

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Visayas State University, Baybay, Leyte, Republic of the Philippines

Ryan O'Neal Gonzales

Affiliation Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Muntinlupa City, Republic of the Philippines

Remigio Olveda

Affiliation Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Muntinlupa City, Republic of the Philippines

Stephen T McGarvey

Affiliation Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

SR, HC, EB, and STM designed the study. VT and TJF collected data and performed experiments. SR, HC, and PB analyzed the data. VT and RO enrolled patients. SR, HC, LJ, VT, EB, ALW, ROG, RO, and STM contributed to writing the paper.