About the Authors

Tiffany Weinkopff

wtiff@vet.upenn.edu

Affiliations Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Cell Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Charles Mackenzie

Affiliations Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Biological Sciences, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States of America

Rob Eversole

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States of America

Patrick J. Lammie

Affiliation Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: I have received funding from Glaxo SmithKline in the past, but this funding was not used or related in any way to the present study. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS NTDs policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TW PJL CM. Performed the experiments: TW CM RE. Analyzed the data: TW CM RE PJL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CM RE PJL. Wrote the paper: TW CM PJL.