About the Authors

Danielle E. Skinner

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Tropical Medicine, and Center for Neglected Diseases of Poverty, School of Medicine & Health Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Gabriel Rinaldi

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Tropical Medicine, and Center for Neglected Diseases of Poverty, School of Medicine & Health Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, D. C., United States of America, Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, (UDELAR), Montevideo, Uruguay

Sutas Suttiprapa

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Victoria H. Mann

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Tropical Medicine, and Center for Neglected Diseases of Poverty, School of Medicine & Health Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Pablo Smircich

Affiliation Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, (UDELAR), Montevideo, Uruguay

Alexis A. Cogswell

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

David L. Williams

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Paul J. Brindley

paul.brindley@gwumc.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Tropical Medicine, and Center for Neglected Diseases of Poverty, School of Medicine & Health Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DES GR SS PJB. Performed the experiments: DES GR SS PS AAC. Analyzed the data: DES GR SS PS VHM AAC DLW PJB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DES GR AAC DLW PJB. Wrote the paper: DES GR PJB.