About the Authors

Matthew T. Aliota

Affiliation Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Cheng-Chen Chen

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Henry Dagoro

Affiliation Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Madang, Papua New Guinea

Jeremy F. Fuchs

Affiliation Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Bruce M. Christensen

christensen@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

One of the authors, Dr. C.C. Chen, serves on the editorial board for PLoS NTDs.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MTA CCC BMC. Performed the experiments: MTA CCC HD JFF BMC. Analyzed the data: MTA CCC JFF BMC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CCC BMC. Wrote the paper: MTA CCC BMC.