About the Authors

Lucienne Tritten

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, Centre for Host-Parasite Interactions, McGill University, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada

Erica Burkman

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Filariasis Research Reagent Resource Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Andrew Moorhead

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Filariasis Research Reagent Resource Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Mohammed Satti

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

James Geary

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Charles Mackenzie

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Timothy Geary

timothy.g.geary@mcgill.ca

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, Centre for Host-Parasite Interactions, McGill University, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LT TG. Performed the experiments: LT EB JG. Analyzed the data: LT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AM MS CM. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: LT TG.