About the Authors

Nicole Scherr

Affiliations Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Gerd Pluschke

Affiliations Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Charles J. Thompson

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Life Sciences Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Santiago Ramón-García

ramon@mail.ubc.ca

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Life Sciences Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NS GP CJT SRG. Performed the experiments: NS. Analyzed the data: NS SRG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NS GP CJT SRG. Wrote the paper: SRG. Critically reviewed the paper: NS GP CJT.