About the Authors

Takeshi Ono

Contributed equally to this work with: Takeshi Ono, Laura Cabrita-Santos

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

Laura Cabrita-Santos

Contributed equally to this work with: Takeshi Ono, Laura Cabrita-Santos

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

Ricardo Leitao

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

Esther Bettiol

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

Lisa A. Purcell

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

Olga Diaz-Pulido

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

Lucy B. Andrews

Affiliation Sanaria Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Takushi Tadakuma

Affiliation Department of Parasitology and Immunology, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan

Purnima Bhanot

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Maria M. Mota

Affiliation Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisboa, Portugal

Ana Rodriguez

rodria02@popmail.med.nyu.edu

Affiliation Department 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: TO LC EB PB MM AR. Performed the experiments: TO LC RL EB LP OD. Analyzed the data: TO LC EB AR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LA. Wrote the paper: TO LC AR. Provided advice: TT.