About the Authors

Rosalynn Louise Ord

Affiliation Department of Blood-Borne Parasites, New York Blood Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Marilis Rodriguez

Affiliation Department of Blood-Borne Parasites, New York Blood Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Tsutomu Yamasaki

Affiliation Cell-Free Science and Technology Research Center, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan

Satoru Takeo

Affiliation Cell-Free Science and Technology Research Center, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan

Takafumi Tsuboi

Affiliations Cell-Free Science and Technology Research Center, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan, Venture Business Laboratory, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan, Ehime Proteo-Medicine Research Center, Ehime University, Toon, Ehime, Japan

Cheryl A. Lobo

clobo@nybloodcenter.org

Affiliation Department of Blood-Borne Parasites, New York Blood Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RLO CAL. Performed the experiments: RLO MR TY ST. Analyzed the data: RLO MR TY ST TT CAL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RLO MR TY ST TT CAL. Wrote the paper: RLO CAL.