About the Authors

Rachel L. Pullan

rachel.pullan@lshtm.ac.uk

Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Jeffrey M. Bethony

Affiliations René Rachou Research Centre FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, The George Washington University, Washington D.C., United States of America

Stefan M. Geiger

Affiliations René Rachou Research Centre FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, The George Washington University, Washington D.C., United States of America

Bonnie Cundill

Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira

Affiliation René Rachou Research Centre FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Rupert J. Quinnell

Affiliation University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

Simon Brooker

Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMB SMG RCO RJQ SB. Analyzed the data: RLP BC. Wrote the paper: RLP SB. Revised the article: JMB. Commented on the article: SMG BC RCO RJQ. Conducted diagnosis and species identification: SMG.