About the Authors

Karine Thivierge

Contributed equally to this work with: Karine Thivierge, Sophie Cotton

Affiliations Institute of Parasitology, McGill University, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada, Laboratoire de Santé Publique du Québec, Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada

Sophie Cotton

Contributed equally to this work with: Karine Thivierge, Sophie Cotton

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, McGill University, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada

Deborah A. Schaefer

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science and Microbiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Michael W. Riggs

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science and Microbiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Joyce To

Affiliation The ithree Institute, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Sydney, Australia

Maria E. Lund

Affiliation The ithree Institute, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Sydney, Australia

Mark W. Robinson

Affiliations The ithree Institute, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Sydney, Australia, School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Medical Biology Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland

John P. Dalton

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, McGill University, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada

Sheila M. Donnelly

Sheila.Donnelly@uts.edu.au

Affiliation The ithree Institute, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Sydney, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: K. Thivierge, S. Cotton, M. Riggs, M. Robinson, J. Dalton, S. Donnelly. Performed the experiments: K. Thivierge, S. Cotton, D. Schaefer, M. Riggs, J. To, M. Lund, M. Robinson, S. Donnelly. Analyzed the data: K. Thivierge, S. Cotton, D. Schaefer, M. Riggs, J. To, M. Lund, M. Robinson, J. Dalton, S. Donnelly. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: M. Riggs, J. Dalton. Wrote the paper: K. Thivierge, S. Cotton, D. Schaefer, M. Riggs, J. To, M. Lund, M. Robinson, J. Dalton, S. Donnelly.