About the Authors

Raymond Wilson

Affiliation Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Michelle D. Bates

Affiliation Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Anna Dostalova

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Lucie Jecna

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Rod J. Dillon

Affiliation Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Petr Volf

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Paul A. Bates

p.bates@lancaster.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RW MDB PAB. Performed the experiments: RW MDB AD LJ. Analyzed the data: RW MDB AD PV PAB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AD LJ RJD PV. Wrote the paper: RW PV PAB.