About the Authors

Sara Lustigman

slustigman@nybloodcenter.org

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Parasitology, Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute, New York Blood Center, New York, New York, United States of America

James P. McCarter

Affiliations Divergence Inc., St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

SL has received research grants for the development of anti-Onchocerca vaccines and macrofilaricides. JPM is a share-holder and employee of Divergence, Inc., a company that works on parasite control in plants, animals, and humans.