About the Authors

Caitlin R. Babbitt

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

cbabbitt@unm.edu

Affiliation Center for Evolutionary and Theoretical Immunology, Division of Parasites, Museum of Southwestern Biology, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Martina R. Laidemitt

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Evolutionary and Theoretical Immunology, Division of Parasites, Museum of Southwestern Biology, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Martin W. Mutuku

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Centre for Biotechnology Research and Development, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Polycup O. Oraro

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Centre for Biotechnology Research and Development, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Sara V. Brant

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Evolutionary and Theoretical Immunology, Division of Parasites, Museum of Southwestern Biology, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Gerald M. Mkoji

Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Centre for Biotechnology Research and Development, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Eric S. Loker

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

Affiliation Center for Evolutionary and Theoretical Immunology, Division of Parasites, Museum of Southwestern Biology, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors declare no competing interests.