About the Authors

Bohumil Sak

Affiliation Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Institute of Parasitology, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

Martin Kváč

kvac@paru.cas.cz

Affiliations Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Institute of Parasitology, České Budějovice, Czech Republic, Faculty of Agriculture, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

Zuzana Kučerová

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Dana Květoňová

Affiliation Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Institute of Parasitology, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

Kamila Saková

Affiliation Laboratory of Virology, České Budějovice Hospital, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BS MK. Performed the experiments: BS DK KS. Analyzed the data: BS ZK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DK ZK KS. Wrote the paper: BS MK.