About the Authors

Caryn Bern

CBern@cdc.gov

Affiliation Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Orin Courtenay

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Jorge Alvar

Affiliation Department for the Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases (HTM/NTD/IDM), Leishmaniasis Control Program, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CB OC JA. Analyzed the data: CB OC. Wrote the paper: CB OC JA.