About the Authors

Asis Khan

Current address: Molecular Parasitology Unit, Laboratory for Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Daniel Ajzenberg

Affiliation Centre National de Référence Toxoplasmose/Toxoplasma Biological Resource Center, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité Mixte de Recherche 1094, Neuroépidémiologie Tropicale, Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Limoges, Limoges, France

Aurélien Mercier

Affiliation Centre National de Référence Toxoplasmose/Toxoplasma Biological Resource Center, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité Mixte de Recherche 1094, Neuroépidémiologie Tropicale, Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Limoges, Limoges, France

Magalie Demar

Affiliation Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne and Faculté de Médecine, Equipe EA 3593, Ecosystèmes Amazoniens et Pathologie Tropicale, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana

Stéphane Simon

Affiliation Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne and Faculté de Médecine, Equipe EA 3593, Ecosystèmes Amazoniens et Pathologie Tropicale, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana

Marie Laure Dardé

Affiliation Centre National de Référence Toxoplasmose/Toxoplasma Biological Resource Center, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité Mixte de Recherche 1094, Neuroépidémiologie Tropicale, Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Limoges, Limoges, France

Qiuling Wang

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Shiv Kumar Verma

Affiliation Animal Parasitic Disease Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

Benjamin M. Rosenthal

Affiliation Animal Parasitic Disease Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

Jitender P. Dubey

Affiliation Animal Parasitic Disease Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

L. David Sibley

sibley@wustl.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AK DA JPD LDS. Performed the experiments: AK DA SKV QW JPD LDS. Analyzed the data: AK DA BMR JPD LDS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AM MD SS MLD JPD. Wrote the paper: AK DA BMR JPD LDS.