About the Authors

Jessica C. Jang

Affiliation Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Gang Chen

Affiliation Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Spencer H. Wang

Affiliation Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Mark A. Barnes

Affiliation Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Josiah I. Chung

Affiliation Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Mali Camberis

Affiliation Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, Wellington, New Zealand

Graham Le Gros

Affiliation Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, Wellington, New Zealand

Philip J. Cooper

Affiliations Laboratorio de Investigaciones FEPIS, Quinindé, Ecuador, Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador, St George's University of London, London, United Kingdom

Cathy Steel

Affiliation Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Thomas B. Nutman

Affiliation Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Mitchell A. Lazar

Affiliation Institute of Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Meera G. Nair

meera.nair@ucr.edu

Affiliation Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JCJ MGN. Performed the experiments: JCJ GC SHW MAB JIC MGN. Analyzed the data: JCJ MGN CS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GLG MC PJC CS TBN MAL. Wrote the paper: JCJ MGN.