About the Authors

Sonia Boughattas

Affiliations Department of Environmental and Biological Chemistry, College of Agriculture, Life and Environmental Sciences, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Chungbuk, South Korea (Republic of), Parasitology Laboratory, Institut Pasteur Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia

Khaled Ayari

Affiliation Parasitology Laboratory, Institut Pasteur Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia

Tongmin Sa

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Biological Chemistry, College of Agriculture, Life and Environmental Sciences, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Chungbuk, South Korea (Republic of)

Karim Aoun

Affiliation Parasitology Laboratory, Institut Pasteur Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia

Aida Bouratbine

aida.bouratbine@pasteur.rns.tn

Affiliation Parasitology Laboratory, Institut Pasteur Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SB AB. Performed the experiments: SB K. Ayari. Analyzed the data: SB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: K. Aoun AB. Wrote the paper: SB TS.