About the Authors

Pierre-André Casgrain

Affiliation INRS- Institut Armand-Frappier and the Center for Host-Parasite Interactions, Laval, Canada

Caroline Martel

Affiliation The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Canada

W. Robert McMaster

Affiliation Immunity and Infection Research Centre, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Jeremy C. Mottram

Affiliation Centre for Immunology and Infection, Department of Biology, University of York, Wentworth Way Heslington, York, United Kingdom

Martin Olivier

Affiliation The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Canada

Albert Descoteaux

albert.descoteaux@iaf.inrs.ca

Affiliation INRS- Institut Armand-Frappier and the Center for Host-Parasite Interactions, Laval, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PAC MO AD. Performed the experiments: PAC CM MO. Analyzed the data: PAC CM MO AD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WRM JCM MO AD. Wrote the paper: PAC JCM MO AD.