About the Authors

Hugues Cordel

Affiliation Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Avicenne Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris and Paris 13 University, Paris, France

Virginie Prendki

Affiliation Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Avicenne Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris and Paris 13 University, Paris, France

Yoann Madec

Affiliation Emerging Diseases Epidemiology Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Sandrine Houze

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France

Luc Paris

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Pitié-Salpétrière Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France

Patrice Bourée

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Bicètre Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France

Eric Caumes

Affiliation Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Pitié-Salpétrière Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France

Sophie Matheron

Affiliation Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France

Olivier Bouchaud

olivier.bouchaud@avc.aphp.fr

Affiliation Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Avicenne Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris and Paris 13 University, Paris, France

the ALA Study Group

Membership of the ALA Study Group is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HC VP OB. Performed the experiments: HC SH LP PB. Analyzed the data: HC YM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SH LP PB. Wrote the paper: HC VP SM EC OB.