About the Authors

Voahangy Andrianaivoarimanana

Affiliation Unité Peste, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Sandra Telfer

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Minoarisoa Rajerison

Affiliation Unité Peste, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Michel A. Ranjalahy

Affiliation Unité Peste, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Fehivola Andriamiarimanana

Affiliation Unité Peste, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Corinne Rahaingosoamamitiana

Affiliation Unité Peste, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Lila Rahalison

Affiliation Unité Peste, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Ronan Jambou

rjambou@pasteur.mg

Affiliation Unité d’Immunologie, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RJ MR ST LR. Performed the experiments: VA MAR FA CR. Analyzed the data: RJ VA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ST. Wrote the paper: RJ VA ST.