About the Authors

Marina Papaiakovou

Contributed equally to this work with: Marina Papaiakovou, Nils Pilotte

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

mpapaiakovou@smith.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, United States of America

Nils Pilotte

Contributed equally to this work with: Marina Papaiakovou, Nils Pilotte

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, United States of America, Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jessica R. Grant

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, United States of America

Rebecca J. Traub

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Science, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

Stacey Llewellyn

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clinical Medical Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia

James S. McCarthy

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clinical Medical Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia

Alejandro J. Krolewiecki

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Instituto de Investigaciones en Enfermedades Tropicales, Universidad Nacional de Salta/CONICET, Orán, Argentina, Instituto de Patología Experimental (IPE-CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Nacional de Salta, Salta, Argentina

Rubén Cimino

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto de Investigaciones en Enfermedades Tropicales, Universidad Nacional de Salta/CONICET, Orán, Argentina

Rojelio Mejia

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Steven A. Williams

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, United States of America, Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.