About the Authors

Brian J. Pak

Affiliation Axela, Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Fabio Vasquez-Camargo

Affiliation National Reference Centre for Parasitology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Evgeniya Kalinichenko

Affiliation Axela, Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Peter L. Chiodini

Affiliations Department of Clinical Parasitology, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, University College London Hospitals, London, United Kingdom, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Thomas B. Nutman

Affiliation Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Herbert B. Tanowitz

Affiliation Department of Pathology Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Isabel McAuliffe

Affiliation US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Patricia Wilkins

Affiliation US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Paul T. Smith

Affiliation Axela, Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Brian J. Ward

Affiliations National Reference Centre for Parasitology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, J.D. MacLean Centre for Tropical Diseases, Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Michael D. Libman

Affiliations National Reference Centre for Parasitology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, J.D. MacLean Centre for Tropical Diseases, Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Momar Ndao

momar.ndao@mcgill.ca

Affiliations National Reference Centre for Parasitology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, J.D. MacLean Centre for Tropical Diseases, Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Competing Interests

Brian J. Pak, Evgeniya Kalinichenko, and Paul T. Smith are employed by a commercial company, Axela, Inc. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS NTDs policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BJP PTS MN. Performed the experiments: BJP FVC EK MN. Analyzed the data: BJP FVC EK PLC TBN HBT IM PW PTS BJW MDL MN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PLC TBN HBT IM PW PTS BJW MDL MN. Wrote the paper: BJP MN.