About the Authors

Virginie Rougeron

Contributed equally to this work with: Virginie Rougeron, Caira M. Woods

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Division of Medical Parasitology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Caira M. Woods

Contributed equally to this work with: Virginie Rougeron, Caira M. Woods

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Division of Medical Parasitology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Kathryn E. Tiedje

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Division of Medical Parasitology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Florence Bodeau-Livinec

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Division of Medical Parasitology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, UMR216, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France

Florence Migot-Nabias

Affiliation UMR216, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France

Philippe Deloron

Affiliations UMR216, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France, PRES, Paris Sorbonne Cité, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France

Adrian J. F. Luty

Affiliation UMR216, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France

Freya J. I. Fowkes

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Division of Medical Parasitology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Centre for Population Health, Macfarlane Burnet Institute of Medical Research and Public Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Karen P. Day

karen.day@nyumc.org

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Division of Medical Parasitology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FBL FJIF KPD. Performed the experiments: VR CMW FBL FJIF. Analyzed the data: VR CMV KET FBL FJIF KPD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FBL FMN PD AJL FJIF KPD. Wrote the manuscript: VR KET FJIF KPD.