About the Authors

John K. Thuita

thuitajk@yahoo.com, John.Thuita@KARI.org

Affiliation Trypanosomiasis Research Centre, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (TRC-KARI), Kikuyu, Kenya

Kristina K. Wolf

Current address: The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Affiliation University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Grace A. Murilla

Affiliation Trypanosomiasis Research Centre, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (TRC-KARI), Kikuyu, Kenya

Arlene S. Bridges

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

David W. Boykin

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

James N. Mutuku

Affiliation Trypanosomiasis Research Centre, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (TRC-KARI), Kikuyu, Kenya

Qiang Liu

Affiliation University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Susan K. Jones

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Charles O. Gem

Affiliation Trypanosomiasis Research Centre, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (TRC-KARI), Kikuyu, Kenya

Shelley Ching

Affiliation SVC Associates, Inc., Apex, North Carolina, United States of America

Richard R. Tidwell

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Michael Z. Wang

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Mary F. Paine

Current address: College of Pharmacy, Washington State University, Spokane, Washington, United States of America

Affiliation University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Reto Brun

Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Competing Interests

SC is employed by a Private company- SVC associates. This company does not have any rights to the materials and or data reported in this paper. The association does therefore not alter our adherence to all PLOS NTDs policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RB RT JKT GAM. Performed the experiments: JKT KKW COG JNM QL. Analyzed the data: JKT KKW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RB RRT GAM SKJ DWB. Wrote the paper: JKT KKW ASB MFP RB MZW SC.