About the Authors

John K. Thuita

thuitajk@yahoo.com (JKT); Reto.brun@unibas.ch (RB)

Affiliation Trypanosomiasis Research Centre, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (TRC-KARI), Kikuyu, Kenya

Michael Z. Wang

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

John M. Kagira

Affiliation Trypanosomiasis Research Centre, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (TRC-KARI), Kikuyu, Kenya

Cathrine L. Denton

Affiliation Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Mary F. Paine

Affiliation Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Raymond E. Mdachi

Affiliation Trypanosomiasis Research Centre, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (TRC-KARI), Kikuyu, Kenya

Grace A. Murilla

Affiliation Trypanosomiasis Research Centre, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (TRC-KARI), Kikuyu, Kenya

Shelley Ching

Affiliation SVC Associates, Inc., Apex, North Carolina, United States of America

David W. Boykin

Affiliation Chemistry Department, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Richard R. Tidwell

Affiliation Pathology Department, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

James E. Hall

Affiliation Pathology Department, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Reto Brun

thuitajk@yahoo.com (JKT); Reto.brun@unibas.ch (RB)

Affiliation Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JKT RB GAM JEH MZW RRT. Performed the experiments: JKT JMK REM MZW. Analyzed the data: JKT CLD MZW MFP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RRT DWB GAM RB. Wrote the paper: JKT MZW CLD MFP RB SC GAM JEH JMK.