About the Authors
- Christian Roussilhon
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Affiliation Bio-Medical Parasitology Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- Claude Oeuvray
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Affiliation Bio-Medical Parasitology Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- Christine Müller-Graf
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Affiliation Laboratoire d'Ecologie Parasitaire Evolutive, Pierre et Marie Curie Université, Paris, France
- Adama Tall
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Affiliation Unité d'Épidémiologie, Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Senegal
- Christophe Rogier
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Affiliations Unité d'Épidémiologie, Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Senegal , Institut de Médecine Tropicale, Service de Santé des Armées, Marseille, France
- Jean-François Trape
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Affiliation UR 077 Paludologie Afro-Tropicale, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Dakar, Sénégal
- Michael Theisen
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Affiliation Statenseruminstitut, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Aissatou Balde
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Affiliation Unite d'Immunologie Parasitaire, Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Senegal
- Jean-Louis Pérignon
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Affiliation Bio-Medical Parasitology Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- Pierre Druilhe
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: druilhe@pasteur.fr
Affiliation Bio-Medical Parasitology Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
C. Oeuvray, A. Tall, J.-F. Trape, and P. Druilhe designed the study. C. Roussilhon, C. Oeuvray, C. Müller-Graf, C. Rogier, J.-F. Trape, A. Balde, J.-L. Pérignon, and P. Druilhe analyzed the data. A. Tall, C. Rogier, and J.-F. Trape enrolled patients. C. Roussilhon, C. Oeuvray, C. Müller-Graf, J.-L. Pérignon, and P. Druilhe contributed to writing the paper. M. Theisen studied sequence polymorphism. J.-F. Trape collected clinical/epidemiological data. C. Oeuvray, A. Tall, C. Rogier, and A. Balde collected data or performed experiments for this study.