About the Authors

Benjamin Hommel

Affiliations Immunology Department – Immune Chemistry and Autoimmunity Laboratory, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, Paris, France, Parasitology-Mycology Laboratory, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France

Jean-Luc Charuel

Affiliation Parasitology-Mycology Laboratory, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France

Stéphane Jaureguiberry

Affiliations Tropical Infectious Diseases Department, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France, INSERM (National Institute of Health and Medical Research) UMR-S 945, Paris, France

Laurent Arnaud

Affiliations INSERM (National Institute of Health and Medical Research) UMR-S 945, Paris, France, Internal Medicine Department, French National Reference Center for SLE and Antiphospholipid Syndrome AP-HP Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France

Regis Courtin

Affiliation Immunology Department – Immune Chemistry and Autoimmunity Laboratory, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, Paris, France

Petra Kassab

Affiliation Parasitology-Mycology Laboratory, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France

Virginie Prendki

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Septic Orthopaedics, Hôpital Croix Saint-Simon, Paris, France

Luc Paris

Affiliation Immunology Department – Immune Chemistry and Autoimmunity Laboratory, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, Paris, France

Pascale Ghillani-Dalbin

Affiliation Parasitology-Mycology Laboratory, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France

Marc Thellier

Affiliations Immunology Department – Immune Chemistry and Autoimmunity Laboratory, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, Paris, France, INSERM (National Institute of Health and Medical Research) UMR-S 945, Paris, France

Eric Caumes

Affiliation Tropical Infectious Diseases Department, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France

Zahir Amoura

Affiliation Internal Medicine Department, French National Reference Center for SLE and Antiphospholipid Syndrome AP-HP Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France

Dominique Mazier

Affiliations Immunology Department – Immune Chemistry and Autoimmunity Laboratory, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, Paris, France, INSERM (National Institute of Health and Medical Research) UMR-S 945, Paris, France

Lucile Musset

Affiliation Parasitology-Mycology Laboratory, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France

Pierre Buffet

Affiliations Immunology Department – Immune Chemistry and Autoimmunity Laboratory, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, Paris, France, INSERM (National Institute of Health and Medical Research) UMR-S 945, Paris, France

Makoto Miyara

makoto.miyara@psl.aphp.fr

Affiliations Parasitology-Mycology Laboratory, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France, INSERM (National Institute of Health and Medical Research) UMR-S 945, Paris, France, Internal Medicine Department, French National Reference Center for SLE and Antiphospholipid Syndrome AP-HP Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BH PB MM. Performed the experiments: BH JLC RC. Analyzed the data: BH PGD PK LA PB MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SJ VP MT LP EC LM ZA DM. Wrote the paper: BH PB MM.