About the Authors

Jannelle Couret

nelle.couret@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Ellen Dotson

Affiliation Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Mark Q. Benedict

Affiliation Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Scienze Biochimiche, Università di Perugia, Perugia, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JC ED MQB. Performed the experiments: JC. Analyzed the data: JC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ED. Wrote the paper: JC.