About the Authors

Robert W. Thompson

Affiliation Immunopathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

John T. Pesce

Affiliation Immunopathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Thirumalai Ramalingam

Affiliation Immunopathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Mark S. Wilson

Affiliation Immunopathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Sandy White

Affiliation Immunopathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Allen W. Cheever

Affiliation Biomedical Research Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Stacy M. Ricklefs

Affiliation Genomics Unit, Research Technologies Section, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Stephen F. Porcella

Affiliation Genomics Unit, Research Technologies Section, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Lili Li

Affiliation Centocor Inc., Malvern, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Lesley G. Ellies

Affiliation Moores UCSD Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California United States of America

Thomas A. Wynn

twynn@niaid.nih.gov

Affiliation Immunopathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TW. Performed the experiments: RT JP TR SW AC SR SP. Analyzed the data: RT AC SR SP TW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MW LL LE. Wrote the paper: RT TW.