About the Authors

Annelies Mondelaers

Contributed equally to this work with: Annelies Mondelaers, Maria P. Sanchez-Cañete, Louis Maes

Affiliation Laboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH), University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610, Wilrijk, Belgium

Maria P. Sanchez-Cañete

Contributed equally to this work with: Annelies Mondelaers, Maria P. Sanchez-Cañete, Louis Maes

Affiliation Instituto de Parasitologia y Biomedicina "Lopez-Neyra", Avda. Conocimiento S/N Parque Tecnológico Ciencias de la Salud, 18016, Granada, Spain

Sarah Hendrickx

Affiliation Laboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH), University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610, Wilrijk, Belgium

Eline Eberhardt

Affiliation Laboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH), University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610, Wilrijk, Belgium

Raquel Garcia-Hernandez

Affiliation Instituto de Parasitologia y Biomedicina "Lopez-Neyra", Avda. Conocimiento S/N Parque Tecnológico Ciencias de la Salud, 18016, Granada, Spain

Laurence Lachaud

Affiliation Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie et Centre National de Référence des Leishmanioses, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire et Université de Montpellier 39, Avenue Charles Flahault, 34295, Montpellier, France

James Cotton

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton CB10 1SA, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Mandy Sanders

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton CB10 1SA, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Bart Cuypers

Affiliations Molecular Parasitology Unit (MPU), Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nationalestraat 155, B-2000, Antwerp, Belgium, Advanced Database Research and Modeling (ADReM) research group, University of Antwerp, Middelheimlaan 1,2020, Antwerpen, Belgium

Hideo Imamura

Affiliation Molecular Parasitology Unit (MPU), Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nationalestraat 155, B-2000, Antwerp, Belgium

Jean-Claude Dujardin

Affiliations Laboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH), University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610, Wilrijk, Belgium, Molecular Parasitology Unit (MPU), Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nationalestraat 155, B-2000, Antwerp, Belgium

Peter Delputte

Affiliation Laboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH), University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610, Wilrijk, Belgium

Paul Cos

Affiliation Laboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH), University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610, Wilrijk, Belgium

Guy Caljon

Affiliation Laboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH), University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610, Wilrijk, Belgium

Francisco Gamarro

Affiliation Instituto de Parasitologia y Biomedicina "Lopez-Neyra", Avda. Conocimiento S/N Parque Tecnológico Ciencias de la Salud, 18016, Granada, Spain

Santiago Castanys

louis.maes@uantwerpen.be

Affiliation Instituto de Parasitologia y Biomedicina "Lopez-Neyra", Avda. Conocimiento S/N Parque Tecnológico Ciencias de la Salud, 18016, Granada, Spain

Louis Maes

Contributed equally to this work with: Annelies Mondelaers, Maria P. Sanchez-Cañete, Louis Maes

louis.maes@uantwerpen.be

Affiliation Laboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH), University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610, Wilrijk, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AM MSC SH EE RH FG LM. Performed the experiments: AM MSC SH EE RH MS. Analyzed the data: AM JC MS BC HI JCD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LL JC JCD SC PD PC. Wrote the paper: AM SH JC JCD GC FG LM.