About the Authors

Laura Moya

lmoyaalonso@yahoo.es

Affiliations Jimenez Diaz Foundation, Madrid, Spain, National Center for Tropical Medicine, Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

Zaida Herrador

Affiliations National Center for Tropical Medicine, Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, Network Biomedical Research on Tropical Diseases (RICET in Spanish), Madrid, Spain

Thuy Huong Ta-Tang

Affiliation Malaria & Other Emerging Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, National Microbiology Center, Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

Jose Miguel Rubio

Affiliations Network Biomedical Research on Tropical Diseases (RICET in Spanish), Madrid, Spain, Malaria & Other Emerging Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, National Microbiology Center, Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

Maria Jesús Perteguer

Affiliations Network Biomedical Research on Tropical Diseases (RICET in Spanish), Madrid, Spain, Malaria & Other Emerging Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, National Microbiology Center, Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

Ana Hernandez-González

Affiliation Malaria & Other Emerging Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, National Microbiology Center, Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

Belén García

Affiliation National Center for Tropical Medicine, Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

Rufino Nguema

Affiliation National Program for Onchocerciasis and other Filariasis Control, Ministry of Health, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

Justino Nguema

Affiliation National Program for Onchocerciasis and other Filariasis Control, Ministry of Health, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

Policarpo Ncogo

Affiliation National Center for Tropical Medicine, Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

Teresa Garate

Affiliations Network Biomedical Research on Tropical Diseases (RICET in Spanish), Madrid, Spain, Malaria & Other Emerging Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, National Microbiology Center, Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

Agustín Benito

Affiliations National Center for Tropical Medicine, Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, Network Biomedical Research on Tropical Diseases (RICET in Spanish), Madrid, Spain

Anacleto Sima

Affiliation National Program for Onchocerciasis and other Filariasis Control, Ministry of Health, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

Pilar Aparicio

Affiliations National Center for Tropical Medicine, Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, Network Biomedical Research on Tropical Diseases (RICET in Spanish), Madrid, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LM ZH PA AB PN AS. Performed the experiments: LM ZH THTT JMR MJP AHG BG RN JN PN TG. Analyzed the data: LM ZH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZH TG. Wrote the paper: LM ZH AB PA.