About the Authors

Lauren J. Spadafora

spadz915@uw.edu

Affiliation Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Moira R. Kearney

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Abdullah Siddique

Affiliation International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Ibne K. Ali

Current address: Division of Foodborne Waterborne and Environmental Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Carol A. Gilchrist

Affiliation Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Tuhinur Arju

Affiliation International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Benjamin Hoffstrom

Affiliation Antibody Technology Core, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Felicia K. Nguyen

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

William A. Petri Jr.

Affiliation Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Rashidul Haque

Affiliation International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Gerard A. Cangelosi

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: WAP receives licensing income from TechLab Inc. for amoebiasis diagnostics. These are donated in their entirety to the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene without benefit to Dr. Petri. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LJS MRK AS CAG BH RH GAC. Performed the experiments: LJS MRK AS TA FKN. Analyzed the data: LJS MRK FKN GAC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IKA BH WAP RH. Wrote the paper: LJS MRK AS CAG FKN RH GAC.