About the Authors

Manal I. Kardoush

Affiliations Institute of Parasitology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, National Reference Centre for Parasitology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of medicine, Benha University, Benha, Qalubia, Egypt

Brian J. Ward

Contributed equally to this work with: Brian J. Ward, Momar Ndao

Affiliations National Reference Centre for Parasitology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, JD MacLean Tropical Diseases Centre, the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Momar Ndao

Contributed equally to this work with: Brian J. Ward, Momar Ndao

momar.ndao@mcgill.ca

Affiliations National Reference Centre for Parasitology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, JD MacLean Tropical Diseases Centre, the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BJW MN. Performed the experiments: MIK. Analyzed the data: MIK BJW MN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BJW MN. Wrote the paper: MIK BJW MN.