About the Authors

Georgios Pappas

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

gpele@otenet.gr (GP); pbrindley@gwu.edu (PB); skamhawi@niaid.nih.gov (SK)

Affiliation Institute of Continuing Medical Education of Ioannina, Loannina, Greece

Paul J. Brindley

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

gpele@otenet.gr (GP); pbrindley@gwu.edu (PB); skamhawi@niaid.nih.gov (SK)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Washington,‌‌ District of Columbia, United States of America

Shaden Kamhawi

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

gpele@otenet.gr (GP); pbrindley@gwu.edu (PB); skamhawi@niaid.nih.gov (SK)

Affiliation Vector Molecular Biology Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Georgios Pappas is a Section Editor for PLOS NTDs. Paul Brindley and Shaden Kamhawi are coeditors-in-Chief of PLOS NTDs.