About the Authors

Ndeye Sakha Bob

Current address: School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

Affiliation Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal

Bernard Marcel Diop

Affiliation CHU Fann, Clinique des maladies infectieuses, Dakar, Senegal

Francois Renaud

Affiliation U.M.R. 2724 CNRS-IRD G.E.M.I., Montpellier, France

Laurence Marrama

Current address: Institut Pasteur de Guadeloupe B.P. 484, Pointe à Pitre, France

Affiliation Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal

Patrick Durand

Affiliation U.M.R. 2724 CNRS-IRD G.E.M.I., Montpellier, France

Adama Tall

Affiliation Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal

Boubacar Ka

Affiliation Hôpital Principal de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal

Marie Therese Ekala

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Immunologie Moléculaire des Parasites, CNRS URA 2581, Paris, France

Christiane Bouchier

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Genopole de l'Ile de France, PF1, Paris, France

Odile Mercereau-Puijalon

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Immunologie Moléculaire des Parasites, CNRS URA 2581, Paris, France

Ronan Jambou

rjambou@pasteur.fr

Affiliation Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LM RJ. Performed the experiments: NSB MTE CB. Analyzed the data: FR LM PD RJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BMD AT BK OMP. Wrote the paper: FR OMP RJ.