About the Authors

Elodie Petitdidier

Affiliation IRD, UMR 177 INTERTRYP IRD CIRAD, Montpellier, France

Julie Pagniez

Affiliation IRD, UMR 177 INTERTRYP IRD CIRAD, Montpellier, France

Gérard Papierok

Affiliation Virbac Animal Health, Carros, France

Philippe Vincendeau

Affiliations University Hospital of Bordeaux, Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Bordeaux, France, Université de Bordeaux, UMR 177 INTERTRYP IRD CIRAD, Bordeaux, France

Jean-Loup Lemesre

jean-loup.lemesre@ird.fr

Affiliation IRD, UMR 177 INTERTRYP IRD CIRAD, Montpellier, France

Rachel Bras-Gonçalves

Affiliation IRD, UMR 177 INTERTRYP IRD CIRAD, Montpellier, France

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: GP is employed by Virbac Animal Health. The company markets veterinary vaccines. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Editorial policies and criteria.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JLL GP. Performed the experiments: EP RBG GP JP. Analyzed the data: EP JLL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EP. Wrote the paper: JLL EP PV RBG.