About the Authors

Yeung Lo Tutterrow

Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i-Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Ali Salanti

Affiliation Department of International Health, Immunology and Microbiology, Centre for Medical Parasitology, University of Copenhagen and Department of Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital (Rigshospitalet), Copenhagen, Denmark

Marion Avril

Affiliation Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Joseph D. Smith

Affiliation Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Ian S. Pagano

Affiliation Cancer Research Center, University of Hawaii-Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Simon Ako

Affiliation The Biotechnology Center, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Josephine Fogako

Affiliation The Biotechnology Center, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Rose G. F. Leke

Affiliation The Biotechnology Center, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Diane Wallace Taylor

dwtaylor@hawaii.edu

Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i-Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YLT AS MA JDS RGFL DWT. Performed the experiments: YLT MA ISP SA JF. Analyzed the data: YLT MA ISP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AS JDS RGFL. Wrote the paper: YLT AS MA JDS RGFL DWT.