About the Authors

Pierre Daubersies

Affiliation Unité de Parasitologie Biomédicale, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Benjamin Ollomo

Affiliation Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon

Jean-Pierre Sauzet

Affiliation Unité de Parasitologie Biomédicale, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Karima Brahimi

Affiliation Unité de Parasitologie Biomédicale, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Blanca-Liliana Perlaza

Affiliation Unité de Parasitologie Biomédicale, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Wijnand Eling

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Hubert Moukana

Affiliation Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon

Pierre Rouquet

Affiliation Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon

Charles de Taisne

Affiliation Aventis-Pasteur, Lyon, France

Pierre Druilhe

druilhe@pasteur.fr

Affiliation Unité de Parasitologie Biomédicale, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PD. Performed the experiments: PD BO KB BLP HM PR JPS. Analyzed the data: PD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WE PR Cd JPS. Wrote the paper: PD.