About the Authors

Jessica Maltha

jmaltha@itg.be

Affiliations Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, Center for Molecular and Vascular Biology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Philippe Gillet

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Marloes Heutmekers

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Emmanuel Bottieau

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Alfons Van Gompel

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Jan Jacobs

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JM PG EB AVG JJ. Performed the experiments: JM PG MH. Analyzed the data: JM JJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AVG. Wrote the paper: JM JJ.