About the Authors

Adéla Nacer

Current address: Bacteriology Division, NIBSC-MHRA, South Mimms, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Division of Medical Parasitology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Alexandru Movila

Current address: Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, The Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Division of Medical Parasitology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Fabien Sohet

Current address: Department of Pharmacology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Natasha M. Girgis

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Division of Medical Parasitology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Uma Mahesh Gundra

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Division of Medical Parasitology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

P'ng Loke

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Division of Medical Parasitology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Richard Daneman

Current address: Department of Pharmacology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Ute Frevert

ute.frevert@nyumc.org

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Division of Medical Parasitology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AN AM FS UF. Performed the experiments: AN AM FS UF. Analyzed the data: AN AM FS UF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PL RD UF. Wrote the paper: AN UF. Provided expertise in flow cytometry: NMG UMG.