About the Authors

Fikregabrail Aberra Kassa

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montréal, Canada, Centre for the Study of Host Resistance, the Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Canada

Marina Tiemi Shio

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montréal, Canada, Centre for the Study of Host Resistance, the Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Canada

Marie-Josée Bellemare

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montréal, Canada, Centre for the Study of Host Resistance, the Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Canada

Babacar Faye

Affiliation Department of Parasitology and Mycology, Faculty of Medicine, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Sénégal

Momar Ndao

Affiliations Centre for the Study of Host Resistance, the Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Canada, National Reference Centre for Parasitology, Montreal General Hospital, Montréal, Canada

Martin Olivier

martin.olivier@mcgill.ca

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montréal, Canada, Centre for the Study of Host Resistance, the Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FAK MO. Performed the experiments: FAK MTS. Analyzed the data: FAK MTS MO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BF MN M-JB. Wrote the paper: FAK MTS MO.