About the Authors

Jean-François Cosson

Contributed equally to this work with: Jean-François Cosson, Mathieu Picardeau

cosson@supagro.inra.fr (JFC); mpicard@pasteur.fr (MP)

Affiliation INRA, CBGP, Campus international de Baillarguet, CS 30016, Montferrier-sur-Lez, France

Mathieu Picardeau

Contributed equally to this work with: Jean-François Cosson, Mathieu Picardeau

cosson@supagro.inra.fr (JFC); mpicard@pasteur.fr (MP)

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Unité de Biologie des Spirochètes, National Reference Center and WHO Collaborating Center for Leptospirosis, Paris, France

Mathilde Mielcarek

Affiliation INRA, CBGP, Campus international de Baillarguet, CS 30016, Montferrier-sur-Lez, France

Caroline Tatard

Affiliation INRA, CBGP, Campus international de Baillarguet, CS 30016, Montferrier-sur-Lez, France

Yannick Chaval

Affiliation INRA, CBGP, Campus international de Baillarguet, CS 30016, Montferrier-sur-Lez, France

Yupin Suputtamongkol

Affiliation Mahidol University, Faculty of Medecine, Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand

Philippe Buchy

Affiliation Institut Pasteur in Cambodia, Virology Unit, Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Sathaporn Jittapalapong

Affiliation Kasetsart University, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Bangkok, Thailand

Vincent Herbreteau

Affiliation IRD, ESPACE-DEV (IRD, UM2, UR, UAG), Station SEAS-OI, F-97410 Saint-Pierre, France

Serge Morand

Affiliations Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, CNRS-IRD-UM2, Université de Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France, CIRAD, UR AGIRs, Montpellier, France, Department of Helminthology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Ratchathevi, Thailand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JFC SM. Performed the experiments: YC VH SM JFC MM CT MP. Analyzed the data: JFC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JFC MP YS PB SJ. Wrote the paper: JFC MP SM. Additional manuscript editing and corrections: MM CT YC YS PB SJ VH.