About the Authors

Aïssatou Diawara

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, McGill University, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebéc, Canada

Carli M. Halpenny

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, McGill University, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebéc, Canada

Thomas S. Churcher

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, St Mary's Campus Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Charles Mwandawiro

Affiliation Eastern and Southern Africa Center of International Parasite Control, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Jimmy Kihara

Affiliation Eastern and Southern Africa Center of International Parasite Control, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Ray M. Kaplan

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Thomas G. Streit

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Youssef Idaghdour

Affiliation Sainte Justine Research Centre, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Marilyn E. Scott

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, McGill University, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebéc, Canada

Maria-Gloria Basáñez

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, St Mary's Campus Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Roger K. Prichard

roger.prichard@mcgill.ca

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, McGill University, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebéc, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AD RMK TSC MGB CMH MES RKP. Performed the experiments: AD CMH TSC CM JK. Analyzed the data: AD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TSC CMH TGS YI. Wrote the paper: AD RKP. Contributed to improving the manuscript: RMK TSC MGB CMH MES JK.