About the Authors
- Haitham Elbir
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Affiliation Aix Marseille Université, URMITE, UMR63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, Inserm 1095, Marseille, France
- Mireille Henry
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Affiliation Aix Marseille Université, URMITE, UMR63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, Inserm 1095, Marseille, France
- Georges Diatta
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Affiliation URMITE, UMR IRD 198 CNRS 7278, Dakar, Senegal
- Oleg Mediannikov
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Affiliations Aix Marseille Université, URMITE, UMR63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, Inserm 1095, Marseille, France, URMITE, UMR IRD 198 CNRS 7278, Dakar, Senegal
- Cheikh Sokhna
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Affiliation URMITE, UMR IRD 198 CNRS 7278, Dakar, Senegal
- Adama Tall
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Affiliation Institute Pasteur, Dakar, Senegal
- Cristina Socolovschi
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Affiliation Aix Marseille Université, URMITE, UMR63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, Inserm 1095, Marseille, France
- Sally J. Cutler
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Affiliation School of Health, Sports and Bioscience, University of East London, London, United Kingdom
- Kassahum D. Bilcha
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Affiliation College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
- Jemal Ali
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Affiliation College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
- Dayana Campelo
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Affiliation Parasitology Section, School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
- Steven C. Barker
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Affiliation Parasitology Section, School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
- Didier Raoult
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Affiliation Aix Marseille Université, URMITE, UMR63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, Inserm 1095, Marseille, France
- Michel Drancourt
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* E-mail: Michel.Drancourt@univmed.fr
Affiliation Aix Marseille Université, URMITE, UMR63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, Inserm 1095, Marseille, France
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: D. Raoult, M. Drancourt. Performed the experiments: H. Elbir, M. Henry, G. Diatta, O. Mediannikov, C. Sokhna, A. Tall, C. Socolovschi, J. Ali, K. Bilcha, D. Campelo. Analyzed the data: S. Cutler, S. Barker, D. Raoult, M. Drancourt. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: D. Raoult. Wrote the paper: H. Elbir, S. Cutler, S. Barker, D. Raoult, M. Drancourt.