About the Authors

Flavia L. Ribeiro-Gomes

Affiliation Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Nathan C. Peters

Affiliation Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Alain Debrabant

Affiliation Division of Emerging and Transfusion Transmitted Diseases, OBRR, CBER, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

David L. Sacks

dsacks@nih.gov

Affiliation Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FLR DS. Performed the experiments: FLR NCP. Analyzed the data: FLR NCP DS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AD. Wrote the paper: FLR DS.